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The Extraordinary Life of Anna Swan

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The Extraordinary Life of Anna Swan - Renaud, Anne
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Anna Swan was born at Millbrook Colchester Co., NS on August 6, 1846. When Anna was three years old the family moved to Central New Annan. At 17 years of age she was 7-feet- 11 1/2 inches tall and weighed 413 lbs, and attracted the interest of showman Phineas T. Barnum. She was billed as "The tallest girl in the world" at his American Museum on Broadway, and she later travelled throughout America and Europe where she was received by Queen Victoria. She married Martin Van Buren Bates in 1871 and died in Seville Ohio, in 1888 ...

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The Extraordinary Life of Anna Swan 2013, Nimbus Publishing (CN)

ISBN-13: 9781897009994

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