EMPTY CRADLES
by Humphreys, Margaret
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385404522
- ISBN 13
- 9780385404525
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
London: Doubleday,Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First UK Edition. black cloth, pp., xvii,331,(1), illustrated, 16 full page b& w plates from photographs,index, a clean bright copy in protective mylar jacket, As many as an estimated 150,00 children were deported from children's homes in Britain as shipped off to a 'new life' in distant parts of the Empire-the last as recently as 1967. A true story of the "Home Children" British orphans with emphasis on those who were shipped to Australia. The author was a founder of Childs Migrant Trust, which worked to raise awareness of the shameful scandal. Size: 8 Vo.,.
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1123319
- Title
- EMPTY CRADLES
- Author
- Humphreys, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385404522
- ISBN 13
- 9780385404525
- Publisher
- Doubleday,Transworld Publishers Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- SOCIAL SERVICES WELFARE HISTORY BIOGRAPHY, HOME CHILDREN, BERNARDO MIDDLEMORE HOMES, EMMIGRANT ORPHANS, CHILD MIGRANTS TRUST, MARGARET HUMPHREYS,
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Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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