Colony The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai

Name: Colony The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
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ISBN: 9780743233019

ISBN-10: 0743233018

ISBN-13: 9780743233019

Edition: 2007

Authors: John Tayman

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Beginning in 1866 and continuing for over a century, more than eight thousand people suspected of having leprosy were forcibly exiled to the Hawaiian island of Molokai -- the longest and deadliest instance of medical segregation in American history. Torn from their homes and families, these men, women, and children were loaded into shipboard cattle stalls and abandoned in a lawless place where brutality held sway. Many did not have leprosy, and many who did were not contagious, yet all were ensnared in a shared nightmare. Here, for the first time, John Tayman reveals the complete history of the Molokai settlement and its unforgettable inhabitants. It's an epic of ruthless manhunts,…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 1/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface





Run (Population 1,143


Scattered Seeds (Population 0)


Almost-Island (Population 0)


"A Kind of Colony" (Population 13)


Order (Population 106)


Ready to Believe (Population 214)


A Far Different Position (Population 385)





Rush Slowly (Population 749)


"Be Ambitious and Bold" (Population 742)


Escape (Population 673)


The Likes of Us (Population 824)


Strange Objects (Population 632)


Human Soil (Population 680)


"A Strange Place to Be In" (Population 1,144)





Kindred Dust (Population 1,123)


Civic Duty (Population 857)


Good Breeze (Population 810)


A Terrible Mistake (Population 791)


All a Man Holds Dear (Population 510)


Olivia (Population 459)





Attack (Population 349)


Like a Pebble Thrown (Population 312)


Makia (Population 290)


When You Start to Make a Fist (Population 243)


Stand Up Straight (Population 174)


Orientation (Population 146)


Softer Notes (Population 116)


A Long Road (Population 74)


Stay (Population 28)


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Photo Credits


Acknowledgments


Index