Father Flanagan of Boys Town (1949)

by Fulton Oursler, Will Oursler

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Title:	Father Flanagan of Boys Town
Authors:	Fulton Oursler
Other authors:	Will Oursler
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Heartwarming story of true Christianity in action. Fr. Flanagan believed there was no such thing as a "bad" boy. There were only troubled boys who needed help and he did not give up on them, even when society and the courts did. He did not succeed in rehabilitating all of them, but salvaged many lives. Absolutely non-fiction. (

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Given to me as a gift after a tour. A well-written straightforward biography of a truly gentle and courageous man. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Fulton Oursler	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Oursler, Will	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Wegner, Nicholas H.	Foreword	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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1949

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Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Boys Town, Nebraska, USA

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To all children who hunger for love - may they find it in that fullness of Christian charity that distinguished the life of our friend Father Edward Joseph Flanagan. --The Authors

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Foreword: The lives of all great, magnanimous people instill into our hearts a deep admiration and a warm feeling of gratitude.

For the better part of the first half of this century Edward Joseph Flanagan, a Roman Catholic priest, was the most beloved clergyman in the United States.

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