Gracefully Insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital by Alex Beam

Gracefully Insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital

Alex Beam

296 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology informative reflective slow-paced
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Its landscaped ground, chosen by Frederick Law Olmsted and dotted with Tudor mansions, could belong to a New England prep school. There are no fences, no guards, no locked gates. But McLean Hospital is a mental institution-one of the most famous, ...

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