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The baby thief : the untold story of Georgia Tann, the baby seller who corrupted adoption / Barbara Bisantz Raymond.
Van Pelt Library HV875.56.T2 R39 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raymond, Barbara Bisantz.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tann, Georgia, 1891-1950.
- Tann, Georgia.
- Adoption--Tennessee.
- Adoption.
- Adoption--Corrupt practices.
- Tennessee.
- Physical Description:
- x, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2007.
- Summary:
- For almost three decades, Georgia Tann ran a children's home in Memphis, Tennessee, selling her charges to wealthy clients nationwide. Part social history, part detective story, part expos, this is a riveting investigative narrative that explores themes that continue to reverberate in the modern era.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Georgia's World
- 1 Georgia's Home 1
- 2 Georgia's Disappearance 5
- 3 Billy 15
- 4 The Plague 21
- 5 Mollie 31
- 6 Georgia's Youth 37
- 7 Georgia's Memphis 59
- 8 The Little Wanderers 65
- Part 2 Georgia's Crimes
- 9 Georgia's Methods 89
- 10 Georgia's Adults 127
- 11 Georgia's Children 145
- Part 3 Georgia's Secrets
- 12 Georgia's Lies 201
- 13 The Fallout 219
- 14 The Beginning of the End 227.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786719440
- 0786719443
- OCLC:
- 123364658
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