As the acclaimed author of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Lesson Before Dying, Erne...
How beleaguered citizens created their own salvation when their institutions failed
In 1924 when thirty-two-year-old Edmond Landry kissed his family goodbye and left for the leprosa...
Collected interviews with the acclaimed author ofThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman an...
Ethnic Studies -- Southern Studies--The detectable identity of southern Louisiana's one-of-a...
Mysterious and misunderstood, distorted by Biblical imagery of disfigurement and uncleanness, Han...
A firsthand account of the trauma and impact on one family facing leprosy
Personal accounts of life in America’s last colony for sufferers of Hansen’s disease
Second Line Rescue: Improvised Responses to Katrina and Rita chronicles the brave and creative ac...