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Book Description Softcover (with Flaps). Condition: Good. First Edition. Author's note, acknowledgements and bibliography. At the beginning of the book there is a map of Carville Federal Jail, and they black-and-white photographs of buildings at Carville, and at the rear a black-and-white photograph of one of the residents. Colour photographic paperback binding, with French flaps, with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and white and pale yellow coloured titles to the back strip. Black-and-white photographs of author to the rear fold over flap. In 1993 the author was sentenced to a jail term at Carville Federal prison in Louisiana, for kiting (illegally depositing and withdrawing checks between two accounts). But, Carville was also home to the last Hanson Disease community in America  more commonly known as leprosy. :. The experience transformed him completely: the man who lived to impress became a man who could look beyond the surface of things in order to Into the, more important issues that run through our lives: friendship, compassion, self-respect. Along the way he met some of the most unbelievable people on the planet, all of whom have their own, painted funny stories  the last chronicles of the community that's now all but disappeared, but still resonates."  from the rear panel blurb. Creasing of the corners and some creases to the lower edge of the front panel. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with uniform tanning of the text block edges. This is the first Australian edition. Size: Trade Paperback. [10], XI - XII, [3], three - 291, [1] pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Hanson's Disease - Leprosy; United States; 1990s; Medicine & Health. ISBN: 1741965470. ISBN/EAN: 9781741965476. Inventory No: 0126248. Seller Inventory # 0126248
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good to Worn - Marked. The page edges are browned and there are a few age spots. Seller Inventory # 062859
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Edges and endpapers foxed ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 292 pages. Seller Inventory # B1832