The great Arizona orphan abduction /
Linda Gordon.
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| Summary: | In 1904, New York nuns brought forty children to a remote mining camp in Arizona to be placed with Catholic families, who were Mexican. This "interracial" transgression infuriated the local Anglos who formed a vigilante group and kidnapped the children and almost lynched the nuns and the priest. The Catholic Church sued in court to have the children returned, going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, but their pleas were rejected in favor of the vigilantes. |
| In collection: | Stephen Griffin Collection |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1999.
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-404) and index. Physical description: xii, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm more |
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Great Arizona orphan abduction. |
| ISBN: | 0674360419 9780674360419 |
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GR 5722 |
Offsite |
Griffin |