In 1924 when thirty-two-year-old Edmond Landry kissed his family
good-bye and left for the leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana,
leprosy, now referred to as Hansen's Disease, stigmatized and
disfigured but did not kill. Those with leprosy were incarcerated
in the federal hospital and isolated from family and community.
Phones were unavailable, transportation was precarious, and fear
was rampant. Edmond entered the hospital (as did his four other
siblings), but he did not surrender to his fate. He fought with his
pen and his limited energy to stay connected to his family and to
improve living conditions for himself and other patients
Claire Manes, Edmond's granddaughter, lived much of her life
gripped by the silence surrounding her grandfather. When his
letters were discovered, she became inspired to tell his story
through her scholarship and his writing. "Out of the Shadow of
Leprosy: The Carville Letters and Stories of the Landry Family"
presents her grandfather's letters and her own studies of narrative
and Carville during much of the twentieth century. The book becomes
a testament to Edmond's determination to maintain autonomy and
dignity in the land of the living dead. Letters and stories of the
other four siblings further enhance the picture of life in Carville
from 1919 to 1977.
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