They cage the animals at night
By: Jennings Michael Burch.
Publisher: New American Library
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780451138538
Subjects: Burch, Jennings Michael.; Boys -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.; Children -- Institutional care -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.; Child psychology -- Case studies.; Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.; Case studies.
Description: Left by his incapacitated mother at a Catholic orphanage in Brooklyn, Burch describes his unhappy life as a foster child, experiences as a runaway, struggle for survival, growth of self-reliance, and triumph over loneliness.