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Jason R. Carpenter

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Born

in Rhode Island

Website

https://www.theladdschool.com

Genre

History, Nonfiction, Biography

Member Since

September 2013

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Jason R. Carpenter is a Rhode Island writer and researcher who has spent over twenty-five years studying the history of the state's institutions. His books include Exeter Girls: Letters From a Feeble-Minded School, Vox Humana: The Story of the State Hospital Pipe Organ, and, newest, House Dogs in the Turnips. ...more

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Average rating: 3.65 · 71 ratings · 13 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Exeter Girls 3.55 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exeter Girls: Volume II 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Idiots, Imbeciles and Morons it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vox Humana: The Story of the State Hospital Pipe Organ liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jason Carpenter made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please combine duplicate records for Exeter Girls Volume II (and create the series) topic " Hello, and thank you for the help this group has given me before. I'm the author Jason R. Carpenter. My claimed author record is here: https://www.good ...more "
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Jason Carpenter wants to read Mad, Bad, and Sad: Women and the Mind Doctors by Lisa Appignanesi (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jason Carpenter wants to read Bedlam: London and Its Mad by Catharine Arnold (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jason Carpenter wants to read Great and Desperate Cures: The Rise and Decline of Psychosurgery and Other Radical Treatments for Mental Illness by Valenstein	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jason Carpenter wants to read The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness by Jack El-Hai (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jason Carpenter wants to read Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine by Andrew Scull	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jason Carpenter wants to read Madness in Civilization: The Cultural History of Insanity by Andrew Scull	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jason Carpenter wants to read Gracefully Insane by Alex Beam (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jason Carpenter wants to read Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill by Robert Whitaker	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jason Carpenter wants to read The Center Cannot Hold by Elyn R. Saks	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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