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The true history of the elephant man : the definitive account of the tragic and extraordinary life of Joseph Carey Merrick / Michael Howell & Peter Ford.
- Title
- The true history of the elephant man : the definitive account of the tragic and extraordinary life of Joseph Carey Merrick / Michael Howell & Peter Ford.
- Author
- Howell, Michael.
- Publication
- New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2010.
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- Additional Authors
- Ford, Peter, 1936-
- Description
- x, 214 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "Due to horrible physical deformities, he spent much of his life as a fairground freak. He was hounded, persecuted, and starving in a brutal Victorian world until his fortune changed and he was rescued, housed, and fed by the distinguished surgeon, Frederick Treves ... Here, in this fully revised edition containing much fresh information, are the true and unromantic facts of Joseph Carey Merrick's life"--Back cover.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- collective biographies.
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-206) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9781602397361
- 1602397368
- LCCN
- ^^2009039633
- OCLC
- 320192905
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library