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Abandoned: The Untold Story of Orphan Asylums Paperback - 2014
by Michael T. Keene
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- Title Abandoned: The Untold Story of Orphan Asylums
- Author Michael T. Keene
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 182
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Willow Manor Publishing
- Date 2014
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781939688071 / 1939688078
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.39 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 0.99 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Orphan trains - History, Five Points (New York, N.Y.) - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014931596
- Dewey Decimal Code 362.732
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Fredericksburg, V.A: Willow Manor Publishing, 2014. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author with inscription. A fine copy. 2014 Trade Paperback. 170 pp. In 1848 Ireland was gripped by famine. Nearly a million people died of starvation. Desperate, a million more abandoned their homeland and immigrated to America. Many settled in Five Points, an area of Lower Manhattan infamous for its squalor, gang violence and disease. By the mid-nineteenth century, an estimated 30,000 orphaned and homeless children roamed New York City. They survived by resorting to petty crime, by begging and by selling newspapers for a nickel a piece. They slept in alleyways, in cellars and even sewers. For protection, they joined the violent gangs of the Bowery Boys, the Dead Rabbits and the Roach Guards. In response to this crisis, the age of orphan asylums began, culminating in one of the most improbable and audacious episodes in American history. Called the Orphan…
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