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Little Strangers : Portrayals of Adoption and Foster Care in America, 1850-1929
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Little Strangers : Portrayals of Adoption and Foster Care in America, 1850-1929 Hardcover - 2003

by Nelson, Claudia

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Indiana University Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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  • Title Little Strangers : Portrayals of Adoption and Foster Care in America, 1850-1929
  • Author Nelson, Claudia
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Indiana University Press, US
  • Date April 2003
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 14968407-75
  • ISBN 9780253342249 / 0253342244
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.68 x 6.44 x 0.89 in (24.59 x 16.36 x 2.26 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Adoption - United States - History, Orphans - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002014747
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.734

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The 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie," by Hoosier versifier James Whitcomb Riley, profiles a girl "bound out" to earn her own way in the world.

About the author

Claudia Nelson is Associate Professor of English at Texas A & M University. She is the author of Invisible Men: Fatherhood in Victorian Periodicals, 1850-1910 (1995) and Boys Will Be Girls: The Feminine Ethic and British Children's Fiction, 1857-1917 (1991). Other publications include two edited books, as well as numerous articles and chapters in edited collections.