The Boys in the Bunkhouse
Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
A full-length account of the author's prize-winning New York Times story chronicles the exploitation and abuse case of a group of developmentally disabled workers, who for 25 years, were forced to work under harrowing conditions for virtually no wages until tenacious advocates helped them achieve their freedom. Publisher
Subjects:
People with mental disabilities -- Abuse of -- Iowa -- Atalissa.
People with mental disabilities -- Employment -- Iowa -- Atalissa.
Atalissa (Iowa) -- History.
Iowa -- History.
People with mental disabilities -- Abuse of -- Iowa -- Atalissa.
People with mental disabilities -- Employment -- Iowa -- Atalissa.
Atalissa (Iowa) -- History.
Iowa -- History.
ISBN:
9780062372130
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Violence Abuse Bar | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
SOCIAL SCI Violence Abuse Bar | St. Andrews Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-340).