Frederick Drimmer

Frederick Drimmer (August 7, 1916 – December 24, 2000) is the author of The Elephant Man, a book about Joseph Merrick, who suffered from Proteus Syndrome. He is also the author of Very Special People, about famous sideshow people and the deformed, and Until You are Dead..., concerning the history of executions in the United States.

Bibliography

• Drimmer, Frederick (1973). Very special people: the struggles, loves, and triumphs of human oddities. Amjon Publishers. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
• Drimmer, Frederick (1 August 1985). Captured by the Indians: 15 firsthand accounts, 1750-1870. Courier Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-24901-8. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
• Drimmer, Frederick (September 1985). The Elephant Man. Putnam. ISBN 978-0-399-21262-8. OCLC 11599107. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
• Drimmer, Frederick (1 May 1991). Born Different: Amazing Stories of Very Special People. Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0-553-15897-7. OCLC 17105334. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
• Drimmer, Frederick (1 July 1992). Until You Are Dead: The Book of Executions in America. Kensington Publishing Corporation. p. 378. Retrieved 20 October 2010. According to United States Army records, thirty-five soldiers were executed for murder, mutiny, and rape in World War I. 

References

• Frederick Drimmer's obituary at the New York Times