Damnation Island : poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.
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First edition.
ISBN
9781616205768, 1616205768
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xii, 284 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Wausau - MCPL - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781616205768, 1616205768

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Includes bibliographical references.
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"On a two-mile stretch of land in New York's East River, a 19th-century horror story was unfolding ... Today we call it Roosevelt Island. Then, it was Blackwell's, site of a lunatic asylum, two prisons, an almshouse, and a number of hospitals. Conceived as the most modern, humane incarceration facility the world had ever seen, Blackwell's Island quickly became, in the words of a visiting Charles Dickens, 'a lounging, listless madhouse.' In the first contemporary investigative account of Blackwell's, Stacy Horn tells this chilling narrative through the gripping voices of the island's inhabitants, as well as the period's officials, reformers, and journalists, including the celebrated Nellie Bly. Digging through city records, newspaper articles, and archival reports, Horn brings this forgotten history alive: there was terrible overcrowding; prisoners were enlisted to care for the insane; punishment was harsh and unfair; and treatment was nonexistent. Throughout the book, we return to 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 man. In Damnation Island, Stacy Horn shows us how far we've come in caring for the least fortunate among us-- and reminds us how much work still remains."--Dust jacket.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Horn, S. (2018). Damnation Island: poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York (First edition.). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Horn, Stacy. 2018. Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad & Criminal in 19th-century New York. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Horn, Stacy. Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad & Criminal in 19th-century New York Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Horn, Stacy. Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad & Criminal in 19th-century New York First edition., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.

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