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Abandoned: The Untold Story of Orphan Asylums
Abandoned The Untold Story of Orphan Asylums
Author: Michael T. Keene
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 chi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781939688071
ISBN-10: 1939688078
Publication Date: 2/3/2014
Pages: 182
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Publisher: Willow Manor Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
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