Sayville orphan heroes
Subtitle: the cottages of St. Ann's
By: Jack Whitehouse
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781609490942
Subjects: Church Charity Foundation (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.); Orphanages; Church history; Social conditions; St. Ann's Episcopal Church (Sayville, N.Y.); Orphans; Heroes; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-152) and index.
Table of contents: title: The beginning; title: The Germans and the Irish; title: The Whitehouse Hotel; title: The KKK factor; title: Death comes calling; title: The origins of the cottages; title: The Gillettes; title: Those who came before; title: The Roosevelts; title: The cottages become a home; title: Who were the inmates?; title: Father Divine's cottage angels; title: Father Divine and the KKK; title: The cottages and Reverend Bond; title: The remarkable Mary Erhard; title: Paying the bills; title: Everyday life; title: More than just sports; title: Erhard forced out; title: Life after the cottages; title: Join the Navy and fly; title: The family's twenty-one-year-old hero; title: Reporting for duty, Sir!; title: Into combat; title: The Battle for Iwo Jima; title: Danger to the end; title: Recognized heroics soon forgotten; title: Epilogue.