Breaker Boys: How a Photograph Helped End Child Labor by Michael Burgan

Breaker Boys: How a Photograph Helped End Child Labor

Michael Burgan

64 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction historical history informative slow-paced
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Little boys, some as young as 6, spent their long days, not playing or studying, but sorting coal in dusty, loud, and dangerous conditions. Many of these breaker boys worked 10 hours a day, six days a week all for as little as 45 cents a day. Chil...

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