He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him - Paperbackby Mimi Baird (Author), Eve Claxton (Author) Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony Kushner A Washington Post Best Book of 2015 A mid century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own. Texas born and Harvard educated, Dr. Perry Baird was a rising medical star in the late 1920s and 1930s. Early in his career, ahead of his