Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York - Paperback
by Stacy Horn
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Algonquin BooksISBN-13:9781616209353ISBN-10:1616209356UPC:9781616209353Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Poverty & Homelessness, PenologyBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC3R4SGWAM
Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
"Enthralling; it is well worth the trip." --New York Journal of Books
Conceived as the most modern, humane incarceration facility the world had ever seen, New York's Blackwell's Island, site of a lunatic asylum, two prisons, an almshouse, and a number of hospitals, quickly became, in the words of a visiting Charles Dickens, "a lounging, listless madhouse." Digging through city records, newspaper...
Conceived as the most modern, humane incarceration facility the world had ever seen, New York's Blackwell's Island, site of a lunatic asylum, two prisons, an almshouse, and a number of hospitals, quickly became, in the words of a visiting Charles Dickens, "a lounging, listless madhouse." Digging through city records, newspaper...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Algonquin BooksISBN-13:9781616209353ISBN-10:1616209356UPC:9781616209353Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Poverty & Homelessness, PenologyBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC3R4SGWAM
Stacy Horn is the author of five previous nonfiction books, including Imperfect Harmony. Mary Roach has hailed her for "combining awe-fueled curiosity with topflight reporting skills." Horn's commentaries have been heard on NPR's All Things Considered, and she is the founder of the social network Echo. She lives in New York City. Her website is stacyhorn.com.
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