Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

by Antonia A. Hylton

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New York Times Bestseller
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In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the nation's last segregated asylums, that the New York Times described as "fascinating...meticulous research" and bestselling author Clint Smith endorsed it as "a book that left...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538723697
• ISBN13: 9781538723692
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Legacy Lit
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"