Ansell keys published the biology of human starvation, his landmarked two volume account of what was learned during the study. To this day, that book helps doctors understand everything from famine relief to eating disorders. Out of all the interviews in the box of tapes at the library of congress, one stands out, the testimony of a man named sam legg. The historian tod tucker interviewed legg for his book, the great starvation experiment. He writes about the way leg started to eat. During the six months starvation period, his moods began to swing back and forth like many others. But his obsession with cook books became pronounced. When he had scraped every morsel off his plate