Menninger: The Family and the Clinic

by Lawrence J. Friedman and Matilda Nordtvedt

Book Overview

The story of the Menninger Clinic is the story of the Menninger family. The two cannot be separated, according to historian Lawrence Friedman, for one cannot be understood without the other.

Friedman should know. He is the only scholar granted full, unrestricted access to the Menninger archives and the personal papers of founder Karl and Will Menninger. In this study of the Menningers and their clinic, Friedman lifts the public relations veil...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700605134
• ISBN13: 9780700605132
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Well researched, and well written!!

Book was very well researched and written with great articulation even for the layman. Friedman does a fine job covering Menninger's life...even describing information not known before. A great read for all scholars.