Little Jimmy Brown: The Orphan Boy

by James Brown

2021-05-28 01:27:17

He no longer had his mother's loving arms nor his grandfather's strong hands, but the Christian Children's Home, with its routines, consistency and Christian ideals, gave little Jimmy Brown the security that one needs to become a successful and happy... Read more
He no longer had his mother's loving arms nor his grandfather's strong hands, but the Christian Children's Home, with its routines, consistency and Christian ideals, gave little Jimmy Brown the security that one needs to become a successful and happy adult. For many children, the orphanage in Holdrege, Nebraska served as a refuge from abuse, no child should have to endure. Little Jimmy Brown, The Orphan Boy is an inside look into growing up in an orphanage. Jim Brown asks you to consider his memoirs in the important debate over which is better for children - orphanages or foster care? Little Jimmy was left in the orphanage's care at the age of three. For him, the hundred and one boys and girls became his brothers and sisters, the matrons and superintendents his only adult contact with the orphanage as his home. Less

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James Brown is the author of the critically acclaimed memoirs The Los Angeles Diaries and This River. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship and the Nelson Algr...

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