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Coxsackie: The Life and Death of Prison Reform by Joseph F. Spillane (review)

Coxsackie: The Life and Death of Prison Reform by Joseph F. Spillane (review) pennsylvania history rather the greatest loss of life resulted from disease outbreaks and this omission is disappointing. For instance, the cholera epidemic of the early 1830s in virtually every town and city in the state killed more citizens in just its first visitation than all the deaths in all the disasters Siegel recalls combined. Outbreaks of smallpox, typhoid, and the influenza pandemic of the early 1890s should have at least received some mention as each of these medical disasters provoked awful suffering, opportunities for bad actors and heroes to emerge, and regulations to be passed. In short, epidemics fit seamlessly into just the sort of narrative Siegel compiled. Siegel's Disaster is an outstanding addition to a young reader's library and the lay reader's bookshelf, its illustrations and descriptions of human suffering and the triumph of the human spirit gripping the reader to such an extent that, at times, the skin crawls. The academic will find source material, but little contextualization. Siegel did not set out to write a treatise, but rather a compilation of his beloved state's worst (with the exception of disease) travails and in this narrow field he succeeded. JAMeS HIGGINS University of Houston­Victoria Joseph F. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies Penn State University Press

Coxsackie: The Life and Death of Prison Reform by Joseph F. Spillane (review)

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Abstract

pennsylvania history rather the greatest loss of life resulted from disease outbreaks and this omission is disappointing. For instance, the cholera epidemic of the early 1830s in virtually every town and city in the state killed more citizens in just its first visitation than all the deaths in all the disasters Siegel recalls combined. Outbreaks of smallpox, typhoid, and the influenza pandemic of the early 1890s should have at least received some mention as each of these medical disasters provoked awful suffering, opportunities for bad actors and heroes to emerge, and regulations to be passed. In short, epidemics fit seamlessly into just the sort of narrative Siegel compiled. Siegel's Disaster is an outstanding addition to a young reader's library and the lay reader's bookshelf, its illustrations and descriptions of human suffering and the triumph of the human spirit gripping the reader to such an extent that, at times, the skin crawls. The academic will find source material, but little contextualization. Siegel did not set out to write a treatise, but rather a compilation of his beloved state's worst (with the exception of disease) travails and in this narrow field he succeeded. JAMeS HIGGINS University of Houston­Victoria Joseph F.

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Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic StudiesPenn State University Press

Published: Aug 10, 2015

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