Here are some nonsequential sample pages from What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel, a graphic nonfiction that explores the stories surrounding the Crescent Hotel’s strange and tragic two years as The Baker Hospital, a Depression Era cancer hospital.
Sean Fitzgibbon’s What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel is a 240-page graphic nonfiction that blends striking painted imagery with dynamic illustrations to reveal the haunting history of the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, during its darkest era as the Baker Hospital.
Fitzgibbon combines personal narrative and historical research, drawing from oral histories, newspaper archives, and Baker’s writings, to explore this chilling chapter and its lingering echoes.
This book received the Kirkus Review star of exceptional merit. Kirkus describes the book as "A gripping, moody, illustrated chronicle of the notorious Crescent Hotel". See the Kirkus review HERE.
THE BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE! Order the book HERE.
Check out Sean’s discussion with Kyle Kellams on Fayetteville, Arkansas’ NPR affiliate KUAF where he discusses his graphic nonfiction What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel.
KUAF/NPR Discussion 7/28/2022
KUAF/NPR Discussion 6/2/22021
Listen as Sean breaks down why he's drawn to unusual and real places, how he got involved with the infamous Crescent Hotel, and how he went about conducting research for his book.
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