The Grief of a Mind Giving Way: Sophia Turner's Poems from the North Carolina Asylum for the Insane, 1878-1880

Book Overview

What was it like to be morphine addicted woman who was committed to an insane asylum in North Carolina in the late 1800s? Sylvia Hoffert has transcribed and edited the poems of Sophia Turner, a Hillsborough housewife, whose husband Josiah Turner, Jr., placed her in the North Carolina Asylum for the Insane in 1878 hoping that the doctors there could cure her addiction. Neglected by Josiah, who virtually abandoned her, Sophia spent many hours before...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865265038
• ISBN13: 9780865265035
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"