Violet and Daisy: The Story of Vaudeville's Famous Conjoined Twins

by Sarah Miller

Book Overview

From the author of The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets and The Borden Murders comes the absorbing and compulsively readable story of Violet and Daisy Hilton, conjoined twins who were the sensation of the US sideshow circuits in the 1920s and 1930s.

On February 5, 1908, Kate Skinner, a 21-year-old unmarried barmaid in Brighton, England, gave birth to twin girls. They each had ten fingers and ten toes, but were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059311972X
• ISBN13: 9780593119723
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher