Ebook {Epub PDF} The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai by John Tayman

 · The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai, by John Tayman, pp, hardcover, $, ISBN, New York, N.Y., Scribner, Large Pacific waves and high sea cliffs sealed off the leper colony on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.  · The colony: the harrowing true story of the exiles of Molokai by John Tayman tells the story of that strategy and its aftermath. Beginning in , the Hawaiian Board of Health completely separated patients with leprosy, both adults and children, from their families and exiled them to live in a settlement on Molokai called bltadwin.ru by: 3. John Tayman's book is a fascinating account of a little known bit of Hawaiian history and the disgraceful treatment of victims of a horrible disease as if they were criminals. Panicky over what was mistakenly believed to be a highly contagious disease, leprosy, the government of the Kingdom of Hawaii banished, or exiled, persons diagnosed (often mis-diagnosed) with the disease to the Kalaupapa Peninsula on Cited by: 8.

John Tayman is editor at large of Men's bltadwin.ru former deputy editor of Outside magazine, he is an award-winning editor and writer, and has served as executive editor of New England Monthly, editor at large of Men's Journal, and contributing editor to Life, GQ, People, Business , and other bltadwin.ru lives in Northern California. Visit his website at bltadwin.ru John Tayman was interviewed about his book The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai, published by bltadwin.ru described the leper colony on the remote island of Molokai where. Find books like The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai from the world's largest community of readers. Goodreads members who liked.

After a smallpox epidemic wiped out a fifth of the Hawaiian population in the s, leprosy was seen as the next cataclysmic threat, and drastic measures were taken. For more than years, anyone diagnosed with the disease was taken to the remote colony. The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai: Author: John Tayman: Publisher: Simon and Schuster, ISBN: , Length: pages: Subjects. John Tayman's book is a fascinating account of a little known bit of Hawaiian history and the disgraceful treatment of victims of a horrible disease as if they were criminals. Panicky over what was mistakenly believed to be a highly contagious disease, leprosy, the government of the Kingdom of Hawaii banished, or exiled, persons diagnosed (often mis-diagnosed) with the disease to the Kalaupapa Peninsula on Molokai.