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The Three Christs of Ypsilanti

Paperback • 2011 • English

The Three Christs of Ypsilanti

By Milton Rokeach

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About the book

On July 1, 1959, at Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, the social psychologist Milton Rokeach brought together three paranoid schizophrenics: Clyde Benson, an elderly farmer and alcoholic; Joseph Cassel, a failed writer who was institutionalized after increasingly violent behavior toward his family; and Leon Gabor, a college dropout and veteran of World War II. The men had one thing in common: each believed himself to be Jesus Christ. Their extraordinary meeting and the two years they spent l...Show more

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9781590173848

Publisher

NYRB Classics

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

The Three Christs of Ypsilanti

Format

Paperback

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