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Books About the Molokai Leprosy Colony
A collection of books about the Kalaupapa Leprosy Colony on the
island of Molokai in Hawaii.
The Colony
Author: John Tayman
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: January 9, 2006
Number of Pages: 432
Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
Books About Father Damien
Biographical books and video DVDs about the Belgian priest who
spent most of his career at the community on the Hawaiian
Island of Molokai where victims of leprosy were isolated
from the rest of society.
Pilgrimage and Exile: Mother Marianne
Author: Mary Laurence Hanley and O. A. Bushnell
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Date Published: September 1991
Number of Pages: 464
Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.0
In the Shadow of the Pali
Author: Lisa Cindrich
Publisher: G. P. Putnam
Date Published: June 2002
Number of Pages: 160
Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
(A historical novel for readers age 9-2)
Videos About the Molokai Leprosy Colony
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
A movie directed by Paul Cox about Father Damien, a 19th
century priest who spent most of his career in the
community of Kalaupapa on Molokai, where victims Leprosy were isolated.
From a
book by Hilde Eynikel. This film was also released
in Belgium as "Damiaan" and in the United Kingdom as
"Molokai: The Forbidden Island".
The cast included
David Wenham as Father Damien, 0Alice Krige
as Mother Marianne. Other cast members included
Peter O'Toole, Sam Neil, Kris Kristofferson, and Derek Jacobi,
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