This history of a state-operated institution for the developmentally disabled in New Gloucester, Maine is a story that continues today, because Pineland and its many counterparts still influence care in the state. It presents a clear-eyed view of residents and staff who gave their hearts and souls to the care of others and those who did not, those who were bright and those who were not, those who escaped and those who stayed, those who hated and those who loved, those who lit fires and those who put them out. It was the ...
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This history of a state-operated institution for the developmentally disabled in New Gloucester, Maine is a story that continues today, because Pineland and its many counterparts still influence care in the state. It presents a clear-eyed view of residents and staff who gave their hearts and souls to the care of others and those who did not, those who were bright and those who were not, those who escaped and those who stayed, those who hated and those who loved, those who lit fires and those who put them out. It was the best of places, it was the worst of places, Dickens might have said, and he would have been right. It all depended on who you were and why you were there and when . . .
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Fine in None Issued jacket. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. 1st Printing. This is a Fine copy of the first edition (1st printing)Pineland opened as the Maine School for Feeble-Minded, and became Pownal State School. Next it was Pineland Hospital and Training Center, then Pineland Center. Through many reincarnations in the state of Maine-this is the-story. Foreword by Governor Angus S. King. Illustrated throughout. Indexed.
