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: 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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