The dead end kids of St. Louis
Subtitle: homeless boys and the people who tried to save them
By: Bonnie Stepenoff.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826218889
Subjects: Homeless boys -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History; Homeless boys -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Social conditions; Street children -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History; Child welfare -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The city streets; title: Orphans and orphanages; title: Drifters in the city streets; title: Games, gangs, hideouts, and caves; title: Juvenile delinquents and the house of refuge; title: Child savers and St. Louis newsboys; title: City on the skids; title: Young men and criminal gangs; title: A new deal for homeless youth; title: Youth and the changing city streets.