Out of the Shadow of Leprosy: The Carville Letters and Stories of the Landry Family - Hardcover
by Claire Manes
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Availability:In StockContributor:Claire Manes, Marcia Gaudet (Foreword by)Publish date:2013-04-10Pages:211
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781617037764ISBN-10:1617037761UPC:9781617037764Book Category:Literary Collections, Social Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Letters, Disease & Health Issues, Personal MemoirsSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCD5T6HSDK
Out of the Shadow of Leprosy: The Carville Letters and Stories of the Landry Family
In 1924 when thirty-two-year-old Edmond Landry kissed his family goodbye and left for the leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana, leprosy, now referred to as Hansen's disease, stigmatized and disfigured but did not kill. Those with leprosy were incarcerated in the federal hospital and isolated from family and community. Phones were unavailable, transportation was precarious, and fear was rampant....
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781617037764ISBN-10:1617037761UPC:9781617037764Book Category:Literary Collections, Social Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Letters, Disease & Health Issues, Personal MemoirsSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCD5T6HSDK
Claire Manes is retired from Remington College, where she taught English and speech for fourteen years. Her work has appeared in Louisiana History, Journal of American Folklore, and Louisiana Folklore Miscellany.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
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