The Last Camilles: The Rutland Years/1949-1953

Sarasota, FL: Acropolis South, 1995. Presumed first ed tion/first printing. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed inscription on fep. DJ has slight wear, sioling and sticker residue on front flap.. Barton, Erik. [10], 256 p. Includes bibliography. Frontis illustration. Glossary of Terms. The author is the only patient ever to survive TB-induced pneumonia. Inspired by Alexandre Dumas' tragic heroine "Camille", we see the long struggle and ultimate triumph of "The Miracle Girl" over death. While this is a story of a young woman coming of age in an extraordinary environment, The Last Camilles captures the resiliency of human spirit. "...not since Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain have we seen a story of tuberculosis so personal and intimate". Allan D. Erickson, MD Brown University Medical School The author was a native New Englander and became an accomplished and published author of articles and longer works of fiction and non-fiction. The author "credits here continuing good health to the fact that she refused to accept her status as semi-invalid following completion of her Rutland cure in 1953. Instead, she entered wholeheartedly into the demanding world of ballet, ultimately teaching and performing for many years."