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Robert Whitaker is a science journalist and author. His most recent book was 'Mad in America'. In the past few years he has won various awards for his writing including the George Polk Award for Medical Writing and has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Books by Robert Whitaker

On the Laps of Gods

For readers of narrative American history; readers of the National Book Award-winning Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle, as well as other books on race in America, especially those focusing on the Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era; readers of books on constitutional law and the Supreme Court.

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The Mapmaker's Wife

A remarkable 18th-century adventure - a true story of love, murder and survival...

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