false 6217732 3 <p> <i>Daddy is going to camp. That’s what I told my children. A child psychologist suggested it. “Words like prison and jail conjure up dangerous images for children,” she explained. But it wasn’t camp . . .</i> </p> <p> Neil White, a journalist and magazine publisher, wanted the best for those he loved—nice cars, beautiful homes, luxurious clothes. He loaned money to family and friends, gave generously to his church, and invested in his community—but his bank account couldn’t keep up. Soon White began moving money from one account to another to avoid bouncing checks. His world fell apart when the FBI discovered his scheme and a judge sentenced him to serve eighteen months in a federal prison. </p> <p> But it was no ordinary prison. The beautiful, isolated colony in Carville, Louisiana, was also home to the last people in the continental United States disfigured by leprosy. Hidden away for decades, this small circle of outcasts had forged a tenacious, clandestine community, a fortress to repel the cruelty of the outside world. It is here, in a place rich with history, where the Mississippi River briefly runs north, amid an unlikely mix of leprosy patients, nuns, and criminals, that White’s strange and compelling journey begins. He finds a new best friend in Ella Bounds, an eighty-year-old African American double amputee who had contracted leprosy as a child. She and the other secret people, along with a wacky troop of inmates, help White rediscover the value of simplicity, friendship, and gratitude. </p> <p> Funny and poignant, In the Sanctuary of Outcasts is an uplifting memoir that reminds us all what matters most. </p> 6398380 1 6 2009 In the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A Memoir total:127|5:23|4:53|3:38|2:11|1:2| 127 465 313 60 4 1 false false Thu Jul 30 15:08:48 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 15:32:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 13:12:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 13:12:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Apr 20 16:42:36 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 16:42:57 -0700 2009
Former publisher Neil White is convicted of check fraud, and sentenced to one year at Carville, a minimum security prison. It is only when he arrives that he discovers that Carville also houses Hansen Diseas...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 01:47:14 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 19:15:15 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 18:01:59 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 23:28:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 15:54:47 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 13:33:08 -0700 2009 It is the story of a ma...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 22:22:45 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 23:40:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 05:24:45 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 19:15:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 08:00:25 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 07:11:26 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 14:43:06 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 14:52:07 -0700 2009
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When Neil White was sentenced to Federal Prison in the early 1990's for check kiting, the last place he certainly expected to be incarcerated was in a facility that also served as a community for victims of Hansen's Disease -- leprosy -- many of ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 07:17:31 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 07:19:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 06:54:30 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 09:52:11 -0700 2009
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