The True History of the Elephant Man
by Michael Howells, Peter Ford
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Author: Michael Howells, Peter FordEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-08-15
ISBN: 0749005165
Number of pages: 213
Publisher: Allison & Busby
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Book Review: The best biography of Joseph Carey Merrick
Summary: 5 Stars
This is definitely the best and most thoroughly researched biography of Joseph Carey Merrick, aka "The Elephant Man." Beautifully written, very readable and thoroughly researched account of a gentle courageous soul inside a body terribly deformed by Proteus syndrome.
Summary of The True History of the Elephant Man
Joseph Carey Merrick, born in England on August 5, 1952, 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 at London's 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. 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 new details, are the true and unromantic facts of his life. This is an extraordinary and moving story, set among the brutal realities of the Victorian world, telling of a tragic individual and his survival against overwhelming odds.General Books
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