Naming the Leper: Poems

by Christopher Lee Manes

Book Overview

Between 1919 and 1941, five relatives of Christopher Lee Manes were diagnosed with an illness then referred
to as "leprosy" and now known as Hansen's disease. After their diagnosis, the five Landry siblings were separated from their loved ones and sent to the National Leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana, where they remained in quarantine until their deaths. Drawing on historical documents and imaginative reconstructions, Naming the Leper tells...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807171123
• ISBN13: 9780807171127
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"