De kolonie: het aangrijpende, waargebeurde verhaal van de bannelingen op Molokai en pater Damiaan - John Tayman, Rie Neehus • BookLikes (ISBN:9022986950)

De kolonie: het aangrijpende, waargebeurde verhaal van de bannelingen op Molokai en pater Damiaan

by: Rie Neehus (author) John Tayman (author)

Format: paperback

ISBN: 9789022986950 (9022986950)

Publish date: June 2006

Publisher: A.W. Bruna Uitgevers B.V.

Pages no: 321

Edition language: Dutch

Category:

Adventure, Non Fiction, Biography, History, Book Club, Science, Survival, Health, Medical, American History, Medicine, Illness, Disease

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Noctuary's auditory hallucinations rated it

11 years ago

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So can you believe I picked up another audiobook with the same title as that last The Colony one? Yeah, me neither. Well this one was 100% better. And...a true story! It's about the Leper colony on Molokai island in Hawaii. It spans the about 100 years from 1868 to 1968. A harrowing, often sad, some...

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Bettie's Books rated it

15 years ago

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home audio. I wonder if the author is more used to being a down market tabloid hack because this sure reads that way. For such a tragic, heart-wrenching piece of history I would have preferred a sober, levelled approach. Publisher's SummaryIn the best-selling tradition of In the Heart of the Sea, Th...

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mrsbond rated it

17 years ago

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Fantastic read. Well reported saga of the people criminalized because of their illness and the fearful (paranoid) reaction of their government. Notes include more details, photos and references.

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