Book · 1991 · Portland (Me.)
Duck in a Raincoat
An Unauthorized Portrait of Joe Ricci
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We only have one biography of Joe Richie and pretty much all of my info about his early life comes from the book Duck in a Raincoat by Mara Curley and I think it's a very good book.
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I'm going to quote from Duck in a Rain Coat again. Those used to defeat the person being punished were mostly large, well-built boys fighting both male and female residents.
I'm going to quote from Duck in a Raincoat again here. In his marriage, Richie began employing the techniques he used at Alain.
And when he was interviewed by the author of Duck in a Raincoat, he was asked how Alain school compared to Maximum Security Prison.
And this is from Duck in a Raincoat. Richie sued Sherry's insurance company for injuries he said he sustained during a minor traffic accident.
And I'm going to quote from Duck in a Raincoat again. They lived on the top floor of the rustic building in Naples, with residents on the second floor.
Why people recommend it
Duck in a Raincoat by Maura E. Curley is a biographical work detailing the early life and controversial career of Joe Richie, a central figure connected to the troubled teen industry. Robert Evans relied on the book as his primary source for a multi-part series on the Elan School aired on Behind the Bastards in July 2021, describing it as an exceptionally well-written biography. Evans used Curley's research to correct common misconceptions about Richie's background, contrasting popular media reports of heroin addiction with the biographer's more nuanced account of his early struggles and legal troubles. The book provided granular details regarding Richie's early relationship with his wife Sherry, including an anecdote about using settlement money from a minor traffic accident to purchase an engagement ring. Furthermore, Evans cited the text to shed light on the harsh environments the couple navigated, Joe's relentless fixation on accumulating wealth, and his subsequent application of coercive, authoritarian techniques within both his domestic life and his institutional management practices. Curley's biography served as an indispensable narrative anchor for the podcast, allowing the host to trace the psychological trajectory of a man whose formative experiences directly informed the abusive operational models later implemented at notorious behavioral modification facilities.
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Robert Evans We only have one biography of Joe Richie and pretty much all of my info about his early life comes from the… 7
“I'm going to quote from Duck in a Rain Coat again. Those used to defeat the person being punished were mostly large, well-built boys fighting both male and female residents.”
“I'm going to quote from Duck in a Raincoat again here. In his marriage, Richie began employing the techniques he used at Alain. If his wife annoyed her angered him, she'd be punished.”
“And when he was interviewed by the author of Duck in a Raincoat, he was asked how Alain school compared to Maximum Security Prison, which is where he was incarcerated at the time of the interview.”
“We only have one biography of Joe Richie and pretty much all of my info about his early life comes from the book Duck in a Raincoat by Mara Curley and I think it's a very good book.”
“Some sources, some of his friends, well, some of not his friends, some sources, like usually when you find his life reported on in articles, they'll say he was a heroin addict and that's why he robs this mail truck and gets sent to the facility he's sent to. That's not what Mara Curley, his only biographer, thinks.”
“Quote, uh, and this is from Duck in a Raincoat. Richie sued Sherry's insurance company for injuries he said he sustained during a minor traffic accident. Sherry had run a stoplight and hadn't thought he was more and hadn't thought he was even injured, but her insurance company settled the claim.”
“And I'm going to quote from Duck in a Raincoat again. They lived on the top floor of the rustic building in Naples, with residents on the second floor. Everybody shared the ground level. They seldom had any private time, never went out to eat or to the movies.”