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Fatherless America: Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem Paperback - 1996

by David Blankenhorn

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With passion and precision, this compelling and controversial exploration of absentee fathers and their impact on the nation shows how the very ideal of fatherhood is under siege--as more than half of the nation's children are without a father in the home--and proposes a plan for rediscovering the goal of "a father for every child".

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"[A] well reasoned, empirically sound, and an important contribution to the public debate." -- William J. Bennett, author of The Book of Virtues

A compelling and controversial exploration of absentee fathers and their impact on the nation

One of the most urgent and controversial books of the 90s, "'Fatherless in America' has instantly become a catch phrase" (Los Angeles Times). Blankenhorn defines the growing fatherlessness in America and how we can restore fathers to their rightful place in our families.

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"A Michigan high school senior, Kara Hewes, enters a crowded confer room to face cameras and reporters."

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A compelling and controversial exploration of absentee fathers and their impact on the nation.

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  • Title Fatherless America: Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem
  • Author David Blankenhorn
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Trade Pape
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1996-01-05
  • ISBN 9780060926830 / 006092683X
  • Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.33 x 0.87 in (20.32 x 13.54 x 2.21 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Sex & Gender: Masculine
    • Theometrics: Secular
    • Topical: Family
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Category Sociology
  • Library of Congress subjects Fathers - United States, Fatherless family - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 94040151
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.874

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  • New York Times, 06/23/1996, Page 32
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