Freaks: We Who Are Not As OthersOriginally printed in a small edition and withdrawn after one month by the publisher, Pocket Books, "Freaks" -- out of print for nearly 20 years -- was brought back to eyepopping life, with many new photos, by the renowned marginal culture press RE/Search. Now Juno Books, morphed from the now-defunct RE/Search, has brought "Freaks" back into the mainstream publishing fold with panache.In "Freaks", meet the strangest people who ever lived, and read about: the notorious love affairs of midgets-- the dwarf clown's wife whose feet grew directly from her body-- the famous pinhead who inspired Verdi's Rigoletto-- the 34-inch-tall midget happily married to his 264 lbs. wife-- the human torso who could sew, crochet, and type and other bizarre accounts of normal humans turned into freaks -- either voluntarily or by evil design! |
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| Title | Freaks: We Who Are Not As Others |
| Author | Daniel P. Mannix |
| Edition | 2, reprint, illustrated |
| Publisher | powerHouse Books, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0965104257, 9780965104258 |
| Length | 124 pages |
| Subjects | › › Abnormalities, Human Fiction / General Performing Arts / Dance / General Performing Arts / Reference Photography of the grotesque Social Science / Anthropology / Physical Social Science / People with Disabilities Social Science / Popular Culture |
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