The Colony

In the bestselling tradition of In the Heart of the Sea , The Colony , “an impressively researched” ( Rocky Mountain News ) account of the history of America’s only leper colony located on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, is “an utterly engrossing look at a heartbreaking chapter” ( Booklist ) in American history and a moving tale of the extraordinary people who endured it. Beginning in 1866 and continuing for over a century, more than eight thousand people suspected of having leprosy were forcibl