In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson,
came to a sanitorium in the forests of the Pacific Northwest to
undergo the revolutionary "fasting treatment" of Dr. Linda Burfield
Hazzard. It was supposed to be a holiday for the two sisters. But
within a month of arriving at what the locals called Starvation
Heights, the women were emaciated shadows of their former selves,
waiting for death. They were not the first victims of Linda
Hazzard, a quack doctor of extraordinary evil and greed who would
stop at nothing short of murder to achieve her ambitions. As their
jewelry disappeared and forged bank drafts began transferring their
wealth to Hazzard's accounts, Dora Williamson sent a last desperate
plea to a friend in Australia, begging her to save them from the
brutal treatments and lonely isolation of Starvation Heights.
In this true story--a haunting saga of medical murder set in an era
of steamships and gaslights--Gregg Olsen reveals one of the most
unusual and disturbing criminal cases in American history.
General
| Imprint: |
Random House
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2005 |
| First published: |
May 2005 |
| Authors: |
Gregg Olsen
|
| Dimensions: |
204 x 132 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
436 |
| Edition: |
1st Three Rivers Press ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4000-9746-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-4000-9746-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781400097463 |
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