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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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Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
2010, Scribner
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The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
January 9, 2007, Scribner
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The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
March 1, 2006, Tantor Media
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The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
March 1, 2006, Tantor Media
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The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles on Molokai
March 1, 2006, Tantor Media
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The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
January 9, 2006, Scribner
Hardcover
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"A Lisa Drew book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-396) and index.
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