Alone in the World: Orphans and Orphanages in America
by Catherine Reef
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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.Tags
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Interesting historical account of the creation and evolution of orphanages in America, with first-hand accounts and great pictures.
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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 show more 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. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Nonfiction, Kids, Tween
- DDC/MDS
- 362.73 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Social Welfare Child welfare Adoption
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- HV983 .R44 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Protection, assistance and relief Special classes Children Orphanages. Orphans
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