| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 211 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword / Marcia Gaudet -- Acknowledgements -- A Chronology of Edmond Landry's Life 1891-1932 -- Introduction : A Family and a Disease -- Finding Carville, Finding Family -- Edmond : Anticipating a Bright Future -- Moving into the Shadow : Life at Home -- In Leprosy's Shadow : Life in Carville -- Edmond's Letters from Carville -- Out of the Shadow : Finding Edmond -- Lives Remembered and Restored -- Epilogue : My Journey out of the Shadow |
| Summary |
In 1924, when thirty-two-year-old Edmond Landry kissed his family good-bye and left for the leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana, leprosy (now referred to as Hansen's Disease) stigmatized and disfigured but did not kill. Those with leprosy were incarcerated in the federal hospital and isolated from family and community. Phones were unavailable, transportation was precarious, and fear was rampant. Edmond entered the hospital (as did his four other siblings), but he did not surrender to his fate. He fought with his pen and his limited energy to stay connected to his family and to improve living conditions for himself and other patients. Claire Manes, Edmond's granddaughter, lived much of her life gripped by the silence surrounding her grandfather. When his letters were discovered, she became inspired to tell his story through her scholarship and his writing. This book presents her grandfather's letters and her own studies of narrative and Carville during much of the twentieth century. The book becomes a testament to Edmond's determination to maintain autonomy and dignity in the land of the living dead. Letters and stories of the other four siblings further enhance the picture of life in Carville from 1919 to 1977 |
| Notes |
Includes biographical information on Edmond Landry and correspondence, mostly his |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Landry, Edmond, 1891-1932.
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Landry family.
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| SUBJECT |
Landry, Edmond, 1891-1932 fast |
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Landry family fast |
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National Hansen's Disease Programs (U.S.) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
National Hansen's Disease Programs (U.S.) fast |
| Subject |
Leprosy -- Patients -- Louisiana -- Carville -- Correspondence
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Leprosy -- Hospitals -- Louisiana -- Carville -- History -- Sources
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
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Leprosy -- Hospitals
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Louisiana -- Carville
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Landry, Edmond, 1891-1932.
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| LC no. |
2012044481 |
| ISBN |
9781617037771 |
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161703777X |
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9781621039426 |
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1621039420 |
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