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Damnation Island
- Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
- Written by: Stacy Horn
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River, it was called Blackwell's Island. There, over the next hundred years, the city would build a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse, and almshouse. Stacy Horn has crafted a compelling and chilling narrative told through the stories of the poor souls sent to Blackwell's, as well as the period's city officials, reformers, and journalists (including the famous Nellie Bly). Damnation Island re-creates what daily life was like on the island....
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Damnation Island
- Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Release Date: 15-05-18
- Language: English
- Americas · Criminology · Mental Health
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