Item details: Damnation Island : poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York - 48199943

Damnation Island : poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York

text Damnation Island : poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York

Summary: "It's now known as New York City's Roosevelt Island. Originally called Blackwell's Island, it housed a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse and almshouse in the 19th century. This book re-creates what daily life was like on the island, what... Read more

Contents: I: The New York City Lunatic Asylum: opened on Blackwell's Island 1839, to accommodate New York City's lunatic poor. Reverend William Glenney French: the Blackwell's Island Episcopal missionary from 1872 to 1895 ; Sister Mary Stanislaus: committed... Read more

Format: text

Description: xii, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2018

Library	Location	Status
Woodmere (Main Branch)	362.2 HOR in Adult Non-fiction	Reshelving
Fife Lake Public Library	362.2 HOR in Adult	Available

Library	Location	Status
TADL-WOOD	362.2 HOR in Adult Non-fiction	Reshelving
TADL-FLPL	362.2 HOR in Adult	Available

French, William Glenney 1814-1895 Psychiatric hospitals New York (State) New York 19th century History Mental illness Treatment New York (State) New York 19th century History Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.) 19th century History

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Woodmere (Main Branch)	362.2 HOR in Adult Non-fiction	Reshelving
Fife Lake Public Library	362.2 HOR in Adult	Available

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