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| Genre/Form: | Biography Autobiography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Howard Dully |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Howard Dully; Charles Fleming |
| ISBN: | 9780307381262 0307381269 |
| OCLC Number: | 84152905 |
| Performer(s): | Read by: Johnny Heller. |
| Description: | x, 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | June -- Lou -- 762 Edgewood -- Trouble -- Dr. Freeman -- Dully, Howard (F: Rodney L.) -- My lobotomy -- Big enough and ugly enough -- Asylym -- Rancho Linda -- Agnews. Again -- Homeless -- Barbara -- Journey -- Archives -- Broadcast -- One last word. |
| Responsibility: | Howard Dully and Charles Fleming. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
At twelve, Howard Dully was guilty of the same crimes as other boys his age: he was moody, messy, rambunctious, and perpetually at odds with his parents. Yet somehow, this normal boy became one of the youngest people on whom Dr. Walter Freeman performed his barbaric transorbital--or ice pick--lobotomy. Abandoned by his family within a year of the surgery, Howard spent his teen years in mental institutions, his twenties in jail, and his thirties in a bottle. It wasn't until his forties that Howard began to pull his life together. But he still struggled with one question: Why? Through his research, Howard met other lobotomy patients and their families, talked with one of Freeman's sons about his father's controversial life's work, and confronted his own father about his complicity. And, in the doctor's files, he finally came face to face with the truth.--From publisher description.
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