Newspaper Introduction

Newspaper Introduction
Prior to the 1977 publication of Barbara Chasteen Campbell's book
Ella K. Ewing, Missouri Giantess: 1872-1913
nothing definitive had been written about Miss Ewing's life.
The author's exhaustive research of articles, books and interviews
resulted in the accurate biography.

Ella K. Ewing, Missouri Giantess: 1872-1913
Barbara Chasteen Campbell

PREFACE

"...Among the articles which have been written about "the American Giantess," inaccuracies abound. More fallacy than fact has been recorded. Articles discuss her exhibits with Tom Thumb, when actually the two never met – he died when Ella was fourteen; a non-existent European tour is mentioned; even her birthplace is mistakenly recorded in several articles...."

This website contains two of the countless newspaper articles that have been written about Ella Ewing.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 22, 1995
GORIN'S GENTLE GIANT: MISS ELLA

The Sentinel, Edina, Mo.
March 1, 1973
MEMORIES OF WORLD'S TALLEST WOMAN

A Towering Spirit
Bob McEowen
March 2003

http://www.ruralmissouri.org/03MarchElla.html