Christy finally completed his memoir at the age of 22, but not before evicting his brother Francis from the study, tearing off his shoe and sock, and writing the whole thing with his left foot. Patricia Sheehan, which improved his ability to communicate to people outside his family. After trawling through the long-winded manuscript, Collis discovered a sentence that he described as “a rose among a lot of weeds.” Collis agreed to assist but demanded that Christy first read someone more modern than Charles Dickens.Ĭollis and Katriona Maguire arranged for Christy to receive some basic education through the local church. Bob Collis for help, unaware that he was a published writer himself. Christy’s sister Ann recalls receiving a kick from his left foot whenever she spelled a word wrong.Īfter writing 400 pages of "The Reminisces of a Mental Defective", Christy asked Dr. His brothers and sisters reluctantly did the brunt of this work. After surrendering the use of his left foot, he had to rely on a scribe. At the age of eighteen, Christy decided to write his life story.
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