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Inseparable

The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous with American History

Yunte Huang

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English
Liveright
04 May 2018
Twins Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-1874), conjoined at the sternum by a band of cartilage and a fused liver, were discovered in Siam by a British merchant in 1824. Yunte Huang depicts the twins, arriving in Boston in 1829, first as museum exhibits but later as financially savvy showmen.

Their rise from freak-show celebrities to rich southern gentry; their marriage to two white sisters, resulting in twenty-one children; and their owning of slaves is here not just another sensational biography but an excavation of America's historical penchant for finding feast in the abnormal, for tyrannising the other - a tradition that, as Huang reveals, becomes inseparable from American history itself.

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Imprint:   Liveright
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 244mm,  Width: 165mm,  Spine: 36mm
Weight:   725g
ISBN:   9780871404473
ISBN 10:   0871404478
Pages:   416
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Inseparable: The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous with American History

In the follow-up to his Edgar Award-winning Charlie Chan biography, Huang uncovers ironies, paradoxes and examples of how Chang and Eng subverted what Leslie Fiedler called `the tyranny of the normal. -- Jane Ciabattari, BBC


  • Long-listed for Plutarch Award 2019
  • Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Award 2018

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