God Knows His Name: The True Story of John Doe No. 24 by David Bakke, Mary Chapin Carpenter

God Knows His Name: The True Story of John Doe No. 24

David Bakke, Mary Chapin Carpenter

142 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction emotional reflective medium-paced
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Police found John Doe No. 24 in the early morning hours of October 11, 1945, in Jacksonville, Illinois. Unable to communicate, the deaf and mute teenager was labeled “feeble minded” and sentenced by a judge to the nightmarish jumble of the Lincoln...

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