The Other Dr. Gilmer
Title | The Other Dr. Gilmer PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Gilmer |
Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2023-03-07 |
Genre | True Crime |
ISBN | 0593355180 |
A “mesmerizing” (The New York Times Book Review) true story about a shocking crime and a mysterious illness that will forever change your notions of how we punish and how we heal—an expansion on one of the most popular This American Life episodes of all time, now with a new postscript “A remarkable medical detective story–cum–memoir, grippingly told . . . I was drawn in by every part of it.”—Atul Gawande, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal Fresh out of medical residency, Dr. Benjamin Gilmer joined a rural North Carolina clinic only to find that its previous doctor shared his last name. Dr. Vince Gilmer was loved and respected by the community—right up until he strangled his ailing father and then returned to the clinic for a regular week of work. Vince’s eventual arrest for murder shocked his patients. How could their beloved doctor be capable of such violence? The deeper Benjamin looked into Vince’s case, the more he became obsessed with discovering what pushed a good man toward darkness. When Benjamin visited Vince in prison, he met a man who appeared to be fighting his own mind, constantly twitching and veering into nonsensical tangents. Sentenced to life in prison, Vince had been branded a cold-blooded killer and a “malingerer”—a person who fakes an illness. But it was obvious to Benjamin that Vince needed help. Alongside This American Life journalist Sarah Koenig, Benjamin resolved to understand what had happened to his predecessor. Time and again, the pair came up against a prison system that cared little about the mental health of its inmates—despite more than a third of them suffering from mental illness. The Other Dr. Gilmer takes readers on a riveting and heart-wrenching journey through our shared human fallibility, made worse by a prison system that is failing our most vulnerable citizens. With deep compassion and an even deeper sense of justice, Dr. Benjamin Gilmer delves into the mystery of what could make a caring doctor commit a brutal murder. And in the process, his powerful story asks us to answer a profound question: In a country with the highest incarceration rates in the world, what would it look like if we prioritized healing rather than punishment?
Gilmer
Title | Gilmer PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Laschinger Kirby |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738571249 |
Carved out of the virgin East Texas forest in the early days of Texas statehood, Gilmer has a diverse and rich history, evolving from a center of cotton production to a town enjoying a lumbering boom at the dawn of the 20th century. Many associate the city with its well-known fall festival-the East Texas Yamboree-celebrated annually during the third weekend of October. Created to publicize the production of sweet potatoes in the sandy soils of the county, the Yamboree has adapted to changing times as it continues into its eighth decade. Proud of their traditions, the people of Gilmer and the surrounding Upshur County face the challenges of the 21st century with confidence in what they have accomplished.
Waiting for an Echo
Title | Waiting for an Echo PDF eBook |
Author | Christine Montross |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2021-07-20 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0143110667 |
“A haunting and harrowing indictment . . . [a] significant achievement.” —The New York Times Book Review L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist * New York Times Book Review Paperback Row * Time Best New Books July 2020 Waiting for an Echo is a riveting, rarely seen glimpse into American jails and prisons. It is also a damning account of policies that have criminalized mental illness, shifting large numbers of people who belong in therapeutic settings into punitive ones. Dr. Christine Montross has spent her career treating the most severely ill psychiatric patients. This expertise—the mind in crisis—has enabled her to reckon with the human stories behind mass incarceration. A father attempting to weigh the impossible calculus of a plea bargain. A bright young woman whose life is derailed by addiction. Boys in a juvenile detention facility who, desperate for human connection, invent a way to communicate with one another from cell to cell. Overextended doctors and correctional officers who strive to provide care and security in environments riddled with danger. Our methods of incarceration take away not only freedom but also selfhood and soundness of mind. In a nation where 95 percent of all inmates are released from prison and return to our communities, this is a practice that punishes us all.
Federal Correctional Institution Near the City of Glenville, Construction and Operation, Gilmer County
Title | Federal Correctional Institution Near the City of Glenville, Construction and Operation, Gilmer County PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 602 |
Release | 1998 |
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Confederate States Vs. John H. Gilmer
Title | Confederate States Vs. John H. Gilmer PDF eBook |
Author | John Harmer Gilmer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 60 |
Release | 1862 |
Genre | Attachment and garnishment |
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Gilmer & Lewis County West Virginia Fishing & Floating Guide Book
Title | Gilmer & Lewis County West Virginia Fishing & Floating Guide Book PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Maccracken |
Publisher | Recreational Guides |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 2017-07-17 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
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Gilmer & Lewis County West Virginia Fishing & Floating Guide Book Over 425 full 8 ½ x 11 sized pages of information with maps and aerial photographs available. Fishing information is included for ALL of the county’s public ponds and lakes, listing types of fish for each pond or lake, average sizes, and exact locations with GPS coordinates and directions. Also included is fishing information for most of the streams and rivers including access points and public areas with road contact and crossing points and also includes fish types and average sizes. NEW NEW Now with a complete set of full sized U.S.G.S. Topographical Maps for the entire county that normally cost from $12.00 to $14.00 each but are included on the disk for FREE. These maps are complete full sized 7.5 minute series quadrangle maps in 1:24,000 scale maps. Contains complete information on Cedar Creek Cedar Creek Lake Hackers Creek (W) Leading Creek Little Kanawha River (F)(W) Little Kanawha River Right Fork Little Kanawha River Sand Fork Polk Creek Steer Creeks Stonecoal Creek Stonecoal Lake Stonewall Jackson Lake and the West Fork River (F) (F) are floatable or canoeable rivers or streams) (W) is whitewater
Preparation Characteristics of Coal from Clay, Gilmer, and Lewis Counties, W. Va
Title | Preparation Characteristics of Coal from Clay, Gilmer, and Lewis Counties, W. Va PDF eBook |
Author | John E. Zeilinger |
Publisher | |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Coal |
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