Alone in the world
Subtitle: orphans and orphanages in America
By: Catherine Reef.
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Orphans -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature; Orphanages -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129) and index.
Table of contents: title: Thrown upon the world; title: Asylum children; title: Saving youthful hearts; title: Let society beware!; title: Soldiers' orphans; title: Everyone's business; title: This army of children; title: Afterword: where life led some of the children who appeared in this book.