The sad story of joseph merrick the real elephant man. The true history of the elephant man critical essays. He was first exhibited at a freak show as the elephant man, and then went to live at the london hospital after he met frederick treves, subsequently becoming well known in london society. Jul 10, 2001 buy the true history of the elephant man new edition by howell, michael, ford, peter isbn.
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