Out Of The Shadow Of Leprosy The Carville Letters And Stories Of The Landry Family
Publisher: LIGHTNING SOURCE UK LTD
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781617037764
Description: 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 and community. Phones were unavailable, transportation was precarious, and fear was rampant. Edmond entered the hospital (as did his four other siblings), but he did not surrender to his fate. He fought with his pen and his limited energy to stay connected to his family and to improve living