[PDF.19zp] The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction

The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction

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 | #145785 in Books |  Harvard University Press |  2001-04-02 |  2001-03-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.18 x1.12 x6.23l,1.13 | File type: PDF | 432 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Real little known history|By L. Shine|A great combination of history and a good historical event set in a small mining town in eastern Arizona around the turn of the century. The event is intersected with topics relevant to the history and people of the area at the time...ie Mexican women, Padres in the West, Mining towns, etc. A great way to get the history wrapped around a|From Publishers Weekly|In 1859, the New York Times termed urban orphans the "ulcers of society." By 1864, child welfare crusaders were advocating their adoption by rural families and sending trains full of orphaned and abandoned children westward. As Gordon docu

In 1904, New York nuns brought forty Irish orphans to a remote Arizona mining camp, to be placed with Catholic families. The Catholic families were Mexican, as was the majority of the population. Soon the town's Anglos, furious at this "interracial" transgression, formed a vigilante squad that kidnapped the children and nearly lynched the nuns and the local priest. The Catholic Church sued to get its wards back, but all the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, ru...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction   |  Linda Gordon.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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