An edition of They Cage the Animals at Night (1984)

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An edition of They Cage the Animals at Night (1984)

They cage the animals at night

by

  • ★★ ★ 2.7 (3 ratings) ·
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  • 6 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

In 1949 the author's mother, unable to care for him, left him at a Brooklyn orphanage, and for the next three years he lived in institutions and foster homes. Finally he found caring people.

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Publisher
New American Library
Language
English
Pages
293

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Subjects

autobiography, boys, case studies, child psychology, children, institutional care, foster children, Biography, Boys, biography, Children, institutional care, New york (n.y.), biography, History

People

Jennings Michael Burch

Places

New York City, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Yonkers

Times

1950's
Edition Availability
Cover of: They Cage the Animals at Night
They Cage the Animals at Night
October 1999, Tandem Library, Turtleback Books
School & Library Binding in English
Cover of: They Cage the Animals at Night
They Cage the Animals at Night: The True Story of a Child Who Learned to Survive
October 1, 1985, Signet
in English
Cover of: They cage the animals at night
They cage the animals at night
1984, New American Library
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Edition Notes

"NAL books."

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.7/32/0924, B
Library of Congress
HQ775 .B829 1984, HQ775.B829 1984, DS835 .I57 1968

The Physical Object

Pagination
293 p. ;
Number of pages
293

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2844765M
ISBN 10
0453004695
LCCN
84006809, 68027303
OCLC/WorldCat
10711792, 87854044, 21610
Library Thing
83919
Goodreads
2337160

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL5357157W

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In this autobiography the author tells about a difficult part of his childhood in a dysfunctional family, without a father, with brothers who constantly fight, and a mother who is sick and needy herself. In these circumstances, Jennings’ survival requires him to take risks that require courage and resourcefulness….

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