The dead end kids of St. Louis

The dead end kids of St. Louis: homeless boys and the people who tried to save them

by Stepenoff, Bonnie

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"Stepenoff traces the history of several efforts aimed at assisting the city’s homeless boys. She discusses the prison-like St. Louis House of Refuge, where more than 80 percent of the resident children were boys, and Father Dunne's News Boys' Home and Protectorate, which stressed education and training for more than a century after its founding. She charts the growth of Skid Row and details how historical events such as industrialization, economic depression, and wars affected this vulnerable …

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  • Full title :The dead end kids of St. Louis : homeless boys and the people who tried to save them / Bonnie Stepenoff.

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"Stepenoff traces the history of several efforts aimed at assisting the city’s homeless boys. She discusses the prison-like St. Louis House of Refuge, where more than 80 percent of the resident children were boys, and Father Dunne's News Boys' Home and Protectorate, which stressed education and training for more than a century after its founding. She charts the growth of Skid Row and details how historical events such as industrialization, economic depression, and wars affected this vulnerable urban population"--From publisher's website.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2010

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xiii, 176 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780826218889, 0826218881
  • oclc:ocn456171127
  • LC Classification:HV4506.S25
  • Dewey Decimal:362.7409778/66

Table of Contents

The city streets -- Orphans and orphanages -- Drifters in the city streets -- Games, gangs, hideouts, and caves -- Juvenile delinquents and the house of refuge -- Child savers and St. Louis newsboys -- City on the skids -- Young men and criminal gangs -- A new deal for homeless youth -- Youth and the changing city streets.

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Subjects

Child welfare Child welfare -- History. -- Missouri Enfants de la rue -- Histoire. -- Misso… Garçons sans-abri -- Conditions sociale… Garçons sans-abri -- Histoire. -- Misso… History Homeless boys Homeless boys -- History. -- Missouri Homeless boys -- Social conditions. -- … Missouri -- Saint Louis Street children Street children -- History. -- Missouri

Writers

Stepenoff, Bonnie

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