LEADER 03280nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910968771103321 005 20251117090552.0 010 $a1-299-19128-2 010 $a0-8165-0110-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000041132 035 $a(OCoLC)747413914 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10485531 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000539487 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11339766 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539487 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10585212 035 $a(PQKB)11694916 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3411720 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12477 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3411720 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10485531 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL450378 035 $a(OCoLC)923437963 035 $a(BIP)46466375 035 $a(BIP)41818007 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000041132 100 $a20100809d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA new American family $ea love story /$fPeter Likins 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aTucson $cUniversity of Arizona Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a0-8165-3041-6 311 08$a0-8165-2931-0 327 $aFoundations -- Kids -- More kids -- Still more kids -- The Columbia years -- The Lehigh years -- Arizona-- home at last -- Family values. 330 $aBy most accounts Pete Likins has had a successful life. But his personal accomplishments are only the backdrop for the real story--the story of his family, whose trials and triumphs hold lessons for many American families in the twenty-first century. This poignant but ultimately empowering memoir tells the story of Peter Likins, his wife Patricia, and the six children they adopted in the 1960s, building a family beset by challenges that ultimately strengthened all bonds. With issues such as inter-racial adoption, mental illness, drug addiction, unwed pregnancy, and homosexuality entwined in their lives, the Likins' tale isn't just a family memoir--it's a story of the American experience, a memoir with a message. With circumstances of race, age, and health making all of their children virtually unadoptable by 1960s standards, Pat and Pete never strayed from the belief that loyalty and love could build a strong family. Both Pete and Pat have served as teachers, and Pete's long academic career--holding positions as a professor, dean, provost, and then president-- illuminates more than just his personal success. Pete's professional attainments produce a context for his family story, wherein high achievements in educational, athletic, and financial terms coexist with the joys and sorrows of this exceptional family. 606 $aAdoptive parents$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aInterracial adoption$zUnited States 606 $aFamilies$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations 615 0$aAdoptive parents 615 0$aInterracial adoption 615 0$aFamilies 676 $a362.734092 676 $aB 700 $aLikins$b Peter W$0491111 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968771103321 996 $aA new American family$94467298 997 $aUNINA