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.

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Main Author: Reef, Catherine
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Clarion Books, c2005.
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505 0 |a 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. 
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