Very Special People - The Streuggles, Loves, and Triumphs of Human Oddities by Drimmer, Frederick - 1973

New York: Amjon Publishers, Inc, 1973. 411 Pages. Green boards with yellow endpapers. No defects noted. Interior text pages are flawless. The Very Special People often find Very Special careers for themselves. It's often been observed that nature seems to compensate them for what it has denied them, by giving them an unusual talent or a drive that brings them achievement far beyond the norm. Tommy Jacobsen, born without arms, wasn't satisfied just to learn how to feed and dress himself with his feet. He went on to learn how to play the piano with his toes and became an outstanding performer. Eli Bowen, legless, was a superb acrobat. Ducornet, armless, has a permanent place in the history of French painting. As you will discover again and again in these pages, the lives of many Very Special People show that the human spirit may be confined to an unnormal body but it isn't necessarily limited by it. Contents in 34 Chapters: Chang and Eng the Original Siamese Twins, More Than One Yet Not Two, Millie-Christine the Two-Headed Girl, The Tocci Brothers the Two-Headed Boy, Violet and Daisy Hilton Sold into Slavery, The Biddenden Maids Radica-Doodica, and Other Remarkable Siamese Twins, Carl Unthan the Armless Fiddler, Tripp and Bowen on a Bicycle Built for Two, Kingston Kobelkoff, and Other Wonders, Mme. Clofullia, Annie Jones the Bearded Girl, France's Most Celebrated Bearded Lady, Some Modern Bearded Ladies, The Long-Haired Ones, The Amazing Career of General Tom Thumb, Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren , Why-and What-is a Midget? Famous Little People of Past and Present, What-and Why-is a Giant? Byrne and Cotter the Two Irish Giants, Swan and Bates Two Giants in Love, Jack Earle the Lonely Giant, Robert Wadlow the Alton Giant, Giants Yesterday and Today, They Don't Come Any Heavier, Celesta Geyer and William J. Cobb Weight to Lightweight, Living Skeletons, Zip and Other Pinheads Half-Man, Half-Woman, Unzie the Albino and Other Oddities, The Strange Fate of Julia Pastrana, Grace McDaniels the Mule-Faced Woman, and The Elephant Man by Sir Frederick Treves. Illustrated with black and white photographs. . First Edition. Hard Back. As New/No Dust Jacket. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2".