Claire Manes: 1 book
Out of the Shadow of Leprosy
The Carville Letters and Stories of the Landry Family
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
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...
