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Author:

Barry, Dan, 1958- author.

Title:

The boys in the bunkhouse : servitude and salvation in the heartland / Dan Barry.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Harperan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

People with mental disabilities--Abuse of--Atalissa.--Atalissa.
People with mental disabilities--Employment--Atalissa.--Atalissa.
Atalissa (Iowa)--History.
Iowa--History.
People with mental disabilities--Abuse of--Atalissa.--Atalissa.
People with mental disabilities--Employment--Atalissa.--Atalissa.
People with mental disabilities--Atalissa (Iowa)
People with mental disabilities--Employment--Atalissa (Iowa)
Iowa--History.
HISTORY--Social History.
HISTORY--United States--Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)--Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
SOCIAL SCIENCE--People with Disabilities.
People with mental disabilities--Abuse of.
People with mental disabilities--Employment.
Iowa.
People with mental disabilities--Atalissa (Iowa)
People with mental disabilities--Employment--Atalissa (Iowa)
Atalissa (Iowa)--History.
Nonfiction.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-340).

Summary:

"A full-length account of the author's prize-winning New York Times story chronicles the exploitation and abuse case of a group of developmentally disabled workers, who for 25 years, were forced to work under harrowing conditions for virtually no wages until tenacious advocates helped them achieve their freedom."-- Publisher's description.

ISBN:

0062372149
9780062372147
0062372130
9780062372130

OCLC:

(OCoLC)919341635

LCCN:

2016440761

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll) — Copies: 10 — Kit notes: +LP+CD

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls) — Copies: 10

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City) — Copies: 25

JBPC145 -- Coon Rapids Public Library (Coon Rapids) — Copies: 15 — Kit notes: 9 regular print and 6 Large print copies

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs) — Copies: 10

ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison) — Copies: 14

IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines) — Copies: 10 — Kit notes: +LP+CD

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque) — Copies: 10 — Kit notes: +2LP+CD

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell) — Copies: 10

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull) — Copies: 15

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville) — Copies: 10

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City) — Copies: 11

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa) — Copies: 10 — Kit notes: +2CD

PGAX715 -- Northwest Iowa Community College Library - Sheldon (Sheldon) — Copies: 5 — Kit notes: +CD

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner) — Copies: 9

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly) — Copies: 5 — Kit notes: +LP+CD