1877 JAMES LAUGHERY PAUL. The Orphan Epidemic after the Civil War in Pennsylvania. Autograph but none to text

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1877 JAMES LAUGHERY PAUL. The Orphan Epidemic after the Civil War in Pennsylvania. Autograph but none to textAn absolutely beautifully produced work on the herculean efforts to care for the tens of thousands of orphans left behind in the aftemath of the Civil War. Between soldier deaths, widow suicide and sickness from overwork and exhaustion, the number of children without a home was overwhelming. The result was one of the single largest social mobilizations in United States History. Includes accounts of the origins of the homes, some of the homes' heroes,