Damnation Island, poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York, by Stacy Horn
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Damnation Island, poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York, by Stacy Horn
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Damnation Island
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by Stacy Horn
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poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York
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Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River, it was called Blackwell's Island. There, over the next hundred years, the city would build a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse, and almshouse. Stacy Horn has crafted a compelling and chilling narrative told through the stories of the poor souls sent to Blackwell's, as well as the period's city officials, reformers, and journalists
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Damnation Island : poor, sick, mad and criminal in 19th-century New York
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- French, William Glenney, 1814-1895
- Psychiatric hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century -- History
- Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.) -- 19th century -- History
- Mental illness + Treatment -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century -- History
- Audiobooks on CD
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- Audiobooks
- Creative nonfiction
- French, William Glenney, 1814-1895
- Psychiatric hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century -- History
- Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.) -- 19th century -- History
- Mental illness + Treatment -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century -- History
- Audiobooks on CD
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