The elephant man
By: Michael Howell and Peter Ford ; illustrated by Robert Geary.
Contributors: Ford, Peter, 1936-; Geary, Robert, ill.
Publisher: Allison & Busby; Distributed in the USA by Schocken Books; Brand: Allison n Busby
Published: 1983
Place of publication: London; New York; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Merrick, Joseph Carey, 1862-1890 -- Juvenile literature.; Merrick, Joseph Carey, 1862-1890.; Proteus syndorme -- Patients -- England -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Abnormalities, Human -- Patients -- England -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Neurofibromatosis.; People with disabilities.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Follows the life of Joseph Merrick, called the Elephant Man because of a deformity, from his early years as a sideshow attraction to his death in a London hospital in 1890.