Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness (Kodansha Globe) - Softcover

Weeks, David; James, Jamie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568361564 ISBN 13: 9781568361567

Verlag: Kodansha USA Inc, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Weeks David James Jamie

Über diesen Titel

Reseña del editor

A SCIENTIST LOOKS AT ECCENTRICS-AND THE ODDITIES THAT KEEP THEM SANE After years of research, a practicing psychotherapist has proof that eccentrics are usually healthier than the rest of us-as well as more creative, more idealistic, more opinionated, and much more fun to read about. Dr. David Weeks fills his hook with fascinating case studies, including Joshua Abraham Norton, who once proclaimed himself Emperor of America and even convinced many people to consider themselves his subjects: Dr. Patch Adams, founder of the Gesundheit Institute and a physician who believes that humor fosters healing and dresses as a clown to treat his patients; and Florence Foster Jenkins, a would-be diva whose love of music was exceeded only by her lack of talent, but whose wealth enabled her to stage a recital at Carnegie Hall, Entertaining, funny, and thought provoking, Eccentrics introduces a series of extraordinary men and women-and encourages us to enjoy our own healthy eccentricities as well.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Kodansha USA Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1568361564
• ISBN 13: 9781568361567
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 280