Books by Joan M. Erikson

In 1951 Joan M. Erikson, a craftswoman and writer, was asked to develop a program of planned activities for the patients at the Austen Riggs Center, a small private institution for the emotionally disturbed. In this book she and her co-workers describe their experience and its wider applications.

Out of this residue of verified fact and beloved legend, the image of Saint Francis emerges.