Abandoned: The Untold Story of Orphan Asylums by Michael Keene

Abandoned: The Untold Story of Orphan Asylums

Michael Keene

182 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging dark informative medium-paced
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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...

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