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Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
Damnation Island Poor Sick Mad and Criminal in 19thCentury New York
Author: Stacy Horn
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 ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781684411986
ISBN-10: 168441198X
Publication Date: 5/15/2018
Edition: Unabridged
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Publisher: HighBridge Audio
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