Thomas, William H.

A story about a thriving community of elderly people on the fictional island of Kallimos that provides the vision behind the author's real-life efforts in the Eden Alternative and Green House programs to replace medical-model nursing homes with healing communities.

Demonstrates how federal agents used scare tactics to frighten critics of America's entry into World War I in order to silence possible dissent. Explores the wide scope of the largely secretive operation and examines how its impacts resonates even into the present.