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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Thorndike, John.

The last of his mind : a year in the shadow of Alzheimer’s / John Thorndike.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-8040-1122-8 (hc : alk. paper)

1. Thorndike, Joseph Jacobs, 1913– —Mental health. 2. Alzheimer’s disease—Patients—United States—Biography. 3. Editors—United States—Biography. 4. Authors, American—United States—Biography. I. Title.

RC523.T575 2009

362.196′8310092—dc22

[B]

2009026118