Raised by the Church : growing up in New York City's Catholic orphanages / / Edward Rohs and Judith Estrine

• Autore: Rohs Edward <1946->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Empire State Editions, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.73/2; B; 362.732
• Soggetto topico: Orphans - New York (State) - New York; Children - Institutional care - New York (State) - New York; Orphanages - New York (State) - New York; Church work with orphans - Catholic Church
• Altri autori: EstrineJudith
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The search for solutions -- New York City in the nineteenth century -- The twentieth century -- The Sisters of Mercy -- My earliest years -- St. Mary of the Angels -- St. John's Home for Boys -- St. Vincent's Home for Boys -- Growing pains -- Alone in the real world -- Inventing another new life -- Milestones -- Reflections.
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1946 Edward Rohs was left by his unwed parents at the Angel Guardian Home to be raised by the Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters hoped that the parents would one day return for him. In time they married and had other children, but Ed's parents never came back for him. And they never signed the legal papers so he could be adopted by another family.Raised by the Church chronicles the extraordinary life of Ed Rohs, a bright, mischievous boy who was raised in five institutions of the Catholic orphanage system in postwar Brooklyn, New York, from infancy in 1946 until he was discharged as an adult in
• Titolo autorizzato: Raised by the Church
• ISBN: 0-8232-4026-6; 1-283-42822-9; 9786613428226; 0-8232-4025-8; 0-8232-4024-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820944703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II