Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America by James Carville, Marcia G. Gaudet

Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America

James Carville, Marcia G. Gaudet

221 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

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Mysterious and misunderstood, distorted by biblical imagery of disfigurement and uncleanness, Hansen's disease or leprosy has all but disappeared from America's consciousness. In Carville, Louisiana, the closed doors of the nation's last center fo...

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