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PublisherSkyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-101602397368

ISBN-139781602397361

eBay Product ID (ePID)73298523

Product Key Features

Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameTrue History of the Elephant Man : The Definitive Account of the Tragic and Extraordinary Life of Joseph Carey Merrick

LanguageEnglish

SubjectPathophysiology, People with Disabilities, Genetics, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Medical, Historical

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, Medical

AuthorPeter Ford, Michael Howell

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height5.1 in

Item Weight9.4 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2009-039633

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal616/.042092 B

SynopsisA New York Times Best Seller! Due to horrible physical deformities, he spent much of his life as a fair-ground freak. He was hounded, persecuted, and starving, until his fortune changed and he was rescued, housed, and fed by the distinguished surgeon, Frederick Treves. The subject of several books, a Broadway hit, and a film, Joseph Merrick has become part of popular mythology. Here, in this fully revised edition containing much fresh information, are the true and unromanticized facts of his life. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home., Due to horrible physical deformities, he spent much of his life as a fair-ground freak. He was hounded, persecuted, and starving, until his fortune changed and he was rescued, housed, and fed by the distinguished surgeon, Frederick Treves. The subject of several books, a Broadway hit, and a film, Joseph Merrick has become part of popular mythology. Here, in this fully revised edition containing much fresh information, are the true and unromanticized facts of his life., A story to strike pity and terror into any heart.-- Times [London] Literary Supplement "Brilliantly researched."-- Sunday Telegraph The subject of a Broadway hit, and a film, Joseph Merrick has become a part of popular mythology. Here, in this revised edition containing much fresh information, are the true and unromanticised facts of his life. An extraordinary and moving story, set amongst the brutal realities of the Victorian world, telling of a tragic individual and his survival against overwhelming odds. Joseph Carey Merrick, born in Leicester on 5th August 1852, is better known as the Elephant Man. Through horrible physical deformities which were almost impossible to describe, he spent much of his life exhibited as a fairground freak until even nineteenth-century sensibilities could take no more. Hounded, persecuted and starving, he ended up one day at Liverpool Street Station where he was rescued, housed and fed by the distinguished surgeon Frederick Treves. To Treves' surprise, he discovered during the course of their friendship that lurking beneath the mass of Merrick's corrupting flesh lived a spirit that was as courageous as it had been tortured, and a nature as gentle and dignified as it had been deprived and tormented., "A story to strike pity and terror into any heart."-- Times [London] Literary Supplement "Brilliantly researched."-- Sunday Telegraph The subject of a Broadway hit, and a film, Joseph Merrick has become a part of popular mythology. Here, in this revised edition containing much fresh information, are the true and unromanticised facts of his life. An extraordinary and moving story, set amongst the brutal realities of the Victorian world, telling of a tragic individual and his survival against overwhelming odds. Joseph Carey Merrick, born in Leicester on 5th August 1852, is better known as the Elephant Man. Through horrible physical deformities which were almost impossible to describe, he spent much of his life exhibited as a fairground freak until even nineteenth-century sensibilities could take no more. Hounded, persecuted and starving, he ended up one day at Liverpool Street Station where he was rescued, housed and fed by the distinguished surgeon Frederick Treves. To Treves' surprise, he discovered during the course of their friendship that lurking beneath the mass of Merrick's corrupting flesh lived a spirit that was as courageous as it had been tortured, and a nature as gentle and dignified as it had been deprived and tormented.

LC Classification NumberRC280.N4H68 2009