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The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai

by John Tayman

Format:  CD Audiobook
Published:  February 2006
Category:  United States - General
Publisher:  Tantor Media Inc
Narrator:  Simon Vance

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In 1866, twelve men and women and one small child were forced aboard a leaky schooner and cast away to a natural prison on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. Tracked by bounty hunters and torn screaming from their families, the luck-less were loaded into shipboard cattle stalls and abandoned in a lawless place where brutality held sway. Many did not have leprosy, and most of those who did were not contagious, yet all were caught in a shared nightmare. Exile continued for more than a century, the longest and deadliest instance of medical segregation in American history. Nearly nine thousand people were banished to the colony. Twenty-eight live there still. John Tayman tells the fantastic saga of this horrible and hopeful place--at one time the most famous community in the world--and of the individuals involved. From the very first exile--a gentle part-time lawyer trapped in an unjust ordeal beyond his imagination--to the last remaining residents, the narrative is peopled by presidents and kings, cruel lawmen and pioneering doctors, and brave souls who literally gave their lives to help. Astunning cast includes the martyred Father Damien, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, Mark Twain, Teddy Roosevelt, John Wayne, and more. The result is a searing tale of survival and bravery, and a testament to the power of faith, compassion, and heroism.

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