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Father Flanagan of Boys Town

Fulton Oursler

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Description:Taken from the Forward, by Monsignor Nicholas H. Wegner, Director of Boys Town. © 1949Now for the first time the whole story of Boys Town, the man who created and guided it, and the real stories of the boys it served, is warmly and faithfully told.Thirty-two years ago, with a borrowed ninety dollars and five boys---there from the Juvenile Court and two from the streets----Father Flanagan founded his Boys Home in an old house in downtown Omaha. Today the home is located at Boys Town, a regular incorporated villages eleven miles from the city. it occupies nine hundred acres and, with the new buildings just completed, cares for one thousand boys ranging in age from six to eighteen. Here you will find the stories of the boys who made Boys Town---the destitute starvelings who came without a friend in the world, the puzzled and distrustful youths who had never known a kind word or a soft bed. Here you will see the same boys emerge as responsible citizens, some with a trade, others ready for college or professional careers. Father Flanagan died on May 15, 1948, in Germany, where, at the request of the Army, he was establishing an organization to rehabilitate war orphans, as he had done in Japan an din the Philippines at the request of General MacArthur. Boys Town is his monument, a tribute to a man who believed there were no bad boys, who believed any boy could be saved for himself and the community if given the proper understand, training, food, shelter, security, and love. This is no mere story of bricks and dollars; it is a story of a life and a devotion that is unparalleled. It is a story with humor and kindliness, pathos and grief, hopelessness and hope fulfilled---a story of human beings humanly told.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Father Flanagan of Boys Town. To get started finding Father Flanagan of Boys Town, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 302

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York

Release: 1949

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Description: Taken from the Forward, by Monsignor Nicholas H. Wegner, Director of Boys Town. © 1949Now for the first time the whole story of Boys Town, the man who created and guided it, and the real stories of the boys it served, is warmly and faithfully told.Thirty-two years ago, with a borrowed ninety dollars and five boys---there from the Juvenile Court and two from the streets----Father Flanagan founded his Boys Home in an old house in downtown Omaha. Today the home is located at Boys Town, a regular incorporated villages eleven miles from the city. it occupies nine hundred acres and, with the new buildings just completed, cares for one thousand boys ranging in age from six to eighteen. Here you will find the stories of the boys who made Boys Town---the destitute starvelings who came without a friend in the world, the puzzled and distrustful youths who had never known a kind word or a soft bed. Here you will see the same boys emerge as responsible citizens, some with a trade, others ready for college or professional careers. Father Flanagan died on May 15, 1948, in Germany, where, at the request of the Army, he was establishing an organization to rehabilitate war orphans, as he had done in Japan an din the Philippines at the request of General MacArthur. Boys Town is his monument, a tribute to a man who believed there were no bad boys, who believed any boy could be saved for himself and the community if given the proper understand, training, food, shelter, security, and love. This is no mere story of bricks and dollars; it is a story of a life and a devotion that is unparalleled. It is a story with humor and kindliness, pathos and grief, hopelessness and hope fulfilled---a story of human beings humanly told.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Father Flanagan of Boys Town. To get started finding Father Flanagan of Boys Town, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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