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Author:

Reef, Catherine.

Title:

Alone in the world : orphans and orphanages in America / Catherine Reef.

Publisher:

Clarion Books,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

135 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Orphans--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
Orphanages--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
Orphans--History.
Orphanages--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129) and index.

Contents:

Thrown upon the world -- Asylum children -- Saving youthful hearts -- Let society beware! -- Soldiers' orphans -- Everyone's business -- This army of children -- Afterword: where life led some of the children who appeared in this book.

Summary:

Author Reef uncovers the true history of orphanages, revealing what it was like to eat, sleep, study, and play in such institutions, why children were sent to live there in the first place (not always because their parents were dead), what happened to them after they left, and more. Carefully researched and brought to life through accessible writing, first-hand accounts, and more than 70 archival photographs and prints.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

0618356703
9780618356706

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56371426

LCCN:

2004020179

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

NOPA983 -- Grafton Public Library (Grafton)

FVPB284 -- Hopkinton Public Library (Hopkinton)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

JSSX094 -- Janesville School Library (Janesville)

RAPD371 -- Jefferson Public Library (Jefferson)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

TMPC492 -- Preston Public Library (Preston)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)

BWPD851 -- Bertha Bartlett Public Library (Story City)