An edition of The Colony (2005)

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An edition of The Colony (2005)

The Colony

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Reveals the untold history of the infamous American leprosy colony on Molokai and of the extraordinary people who struggled to survive under the most horrific circumstances. Tracked by bounty hunters and torn screaming from their families, the luckless were loaded into shipboard cattle stalls and abandoned in a lawless place where brutality held sway. Many did not have leprosy, and most of those who did were not contagious, yet all were caught in a shared nightmare. The colony had little food, little medicine, and very little hope. Exile continued for more than a century, the longest and deadliest instance of medical segregation in American history. Nearly 9,000 people were banished to the colony, trapped by pounding surf and armed guards and the highest sea cliffs in the world. 28 live there still.--From publisher description.

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Scribner
Language
English
Pages
421

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Subjects

Leprosorium, Lepra, History, 19th Century, Leprosy, Leper Colonies, History, 20th Century, History, Hawaii, history, Leprosy, patients, Molokai (hawaii)

Places

Molokai, Hawaii
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Cover of: Colony
Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
2010, Scribner
in English
Cover of: The Colony
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
January 9, 2007, Scribner
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Colony
The Colony
2006, Scribner
in English
Cover of: The Colony
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
March 1, 2006, Tantor Media
MP3 CD in English - MP3 Una edition
Cover of: The Colony
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
March 1, 2006, Tantor Media
Audio CD in English - Unabridged edition
Cover of: The Colony
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles on Molokai
March 1, 2006, Tantor Media
Audio CD in English - Unabridged edition
Cover of: The Colony
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
January 9, 2006, Scribner
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The Colony
The Colony
2005, Scribner
in English
Cover of: The Colony
The Colony
2005, Scribner
in English

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Edition Notes

"A Lisa Drew book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-396) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
614.5/46/0996924
Library of Congress
RA644.L3 T39 2006, RA644.L3T39 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
vi, 421 p. :
Number of pages
421

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24745585M
Internet Archive
colonytaym00taym
ISBN 10
074323300X, 0743233018
ISBN 13
9780743233002, 9780743233019
LCCN
2005047767
OCLC/WorldCat
59279820

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