In 1975, photographer Mary Ellen Mark was assigned by The Pennsylvania Gazette to produce a story on the making of Milos Forman's film of Ken Kesey's 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, shot on location at the Oregon State Hospital, a mental institution. While on set, Mark met the women of Ward 81, the only locked hospital security ward for women in the state: The inmates were considered dangerous to themselves or to others. In February of 1976, just before the ward closed (it ceased to exist in November of 1977, ...
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In 1975, photographer Mary Ellen Mark was assigned by The Pennsylvania Gazette to produce a story on the making of Milos Forman's film of Ken Kesey's 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, shot on location at the Oregon State Hospital, a mental institution. While on set, Mark met the women of Ward 81, the only locked hospital security ward for women in the state: The inmates were considered dangerous to themselves or to others. In February of 1976, just before the ward closed (it ceased to exist in November of 1977, when it became the female section of a coeducational treatment ward), Mark and Karen Folger Jacobs, a writer and social scientist, were given permission to make a more extended stay, living on the ward in order to photograph and interview the women. They spent 36 days on Ward 81, photographing and documenting. Jacobs recalls their slow, inevitable assimilation: "We felt the degeneration of our own bodies and the erosion of our self-confidence. We were horrified at the thought of what we might become after a year or two of confinement and therapy on Ward 81." This new hardcover edition adds 10 pictures to the original.
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Add this copy of Ward 81 (Fireside Books) to cart. $125.00, very good condition, Sold by The Chatham Bookseller rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Madison, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Simon & Schuster.
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Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. Oblong 11 1/4" x 8 1/4" 96pp. Black Cloth, silver lettering on the spine. Black and white photographs throughout. Sticker ghost on the front pastedown, publisher's wrinkle on the rear endpaper. Light toning to the prelims., otherwise a near fine, unmarked copy. "After shooting a magazine story about the filming of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Mary Ellen Mark and coauthor Karen Folger Jacobs received permission to live on Ward 81, the women's section for the mentally ill. In text and photopgraphs they capture the stark reality of life behind closed doors and the explosive effect of confinement".
Add this copy of Ward 81 to cart. $158.14, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Fireside.
Add this copy of Ward 81 to cart. $205.00, very good condition, Sold by Shoemaker Booksellers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gettysburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Simon and Schuster/A Fireside Book.
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Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Oblong hardcover, no dustjacket as issued. 2008 reprint. First Edition thus. The book is in Very Good condition clean covers, square spine and corners and a tight binding. Small scuff and a touch of rubbing to back cover. Photos upon request.
Add this copy of Ward 81 to cart. $275.00, very good condition, Sold by b&w books, ships from Memphis, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Fireside Books.
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Very good. First printing. Previous bookseller s small pencil markings front flyleaf. Wrappers show some shopwear and a few minor edge chips otherwise very good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 96 p. Fireside Books (Holiday House). Audience: General/trade. From the introduction: Ward 81 is the women's security ward of the hospital, the only locked ward for women in the state. The women on this ward are considered dangerous to themselves or to others. In February 1976, Mary Ellen and Karen Folger Jacobs, a writer and social scientist, were permitted to live on the ward to photograph and interview the women who spent thirty-six days on Ward 81.
