Alone in the world orphans and orphanages in America

From the almshouses of the 1800s to the foster home programs of the present, find out about our country's evolving attitudes toward its neediest children.

Main Author: Reef, Catherine.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Clarion Books, c2005.
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Summary: From the almshouses of the 1800s to the foster home programs of the present, find out about our country's evolving attitudes toward its neediest children.
Physical Description: 135 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129) and index.
ISBN: 0618356703
Author Notes: Catherine Reef received a degree in English from Washington State University. She began her career as a writer at Washington State, where she created brochures for the College of Pharmacy and developed the university's first research magazine. She is the author of more than 35 nonfiction books for young people. She has received several awards including the Joan G. Sugarman Children's Book Award for Walt Whitman in 1996, the Sydney Taylor Award for Sigmund Freud: Pioneer of the Mind in 2002, and a Golden Kite Honor Award for Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life in 2010.

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