The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781416551928 (1416551921)
Publish date: May 11th 2010
Publisher: Scribner
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Book Club,
Science,
Survival,
Health,
Medical,
American History,
Medicine,
Illness,
Disease
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...
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...
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.
Fascinating!
11 years ago
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