Compare Weird and Wonderful by Andrea Stulman Dennett, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Dioramas and panoramas, freaks and magicians, waxworks and menageries, obscure relics and stuffed animals . . . a dazzling assortment of curiosities attracted the gaze of the 19th-century spectator at the dime museum. Author Andrea Stulman Dennett recaptures this ephemeral and scarcely documented institution of American culture from the margins of history. 24 illustrations. | Weird and Wonderful by Andrea Stulman Dennett, Paperback | Indigo Chapters