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Damnation Island

- Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
Af: Stacy Horn Engelsk Paperback

Damnation Island

- Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
Af: Stacy Horn Engelsk Paperback
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"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 articles, and archival reports, Stacy Horn tells a gripping narrative through the voices of the island’s inhabitants. We also hear from the era’s officials, reformers, and journalists, including the celebrated undercover reporter Nellie Bly. And we follow the extraordinary Reverend William Glenney French as he ministers to Blackwell’s residents, battles the bureaucratic mazes of the Department of Correction and a corrupt City Hall, testifies at salacious trials, and in his diary wonders about man’s inhumanity to his fellow man. Damnation Island shows how far we’ve come in caring for the least fortunate among us—and reminds us how much work still remains.
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"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 articles, and archival reports, Stacy Horn tells a gripping narrative through the voices of the island’s inhabitants. We also hear from the era’s officials, reformers, and journalists, including the celebrated undercover reporter Nellie Bly. And we follow the extraordinary Reverend William Glenney French as he ministers to Blackwell’s residents, battles the bureaucratic mazes of the Department of Correction and a corrupt City Hall, testifies at salacious trials, and in his diary wonders about man’s inhumanity to his fellow man. Damnation Island shows how far we’ve come in caring for the least fortunate among us—and reminds us how much work still remains.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9781616209353
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1616209356
Kategori: United States of America, USA
Udg. Dato: 14 maj 2019
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 209mm
Højde: 142mm
Forlag: Workman Publishing
Oplagsdato: 14 maj 2019
Forfatter(e): Stacy Horn
Forfatter(e) Stacy Horn

Kategori United States of America, USA

ISBN-13 9781616209353

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 320

Udgave

Længde 18mm

Bredde 209mm

Højde 142mm

Udg. Dato 14 maj 2019

Oplagsdato 14 maj 2019

Forlag Workman Publishing