Jerry C Armor (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author on the first page. Signed by Author(s).

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. 186 pages. Illustrated. Multiple pages turned back or bent at the top of the page. Alabama-Youth Rehabilitation.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A signed to Robert a 2015 softcover 1st edition with 186 page. Has a few historical photos scattered throughout. When reformer Elizabeth Johnston walked among the convicts in an Alabama prison mining camp, she was stunned to see teenage boys working alongside hardened criminals. She vowed to remove youngsters from such wretched conditions by establishing a home for wayward boys. With the support of women across the state, she persuaded the legislature to establish the Alabama Boys' Industrial School in 1900. After several difficult years, Johnston and her all-female board hired a young Tennessee couple, David and Katherine Weakley, as superintendent and matron. United in their Christian faith, their love for the boys, and some basic principles on how the boys should be molded into men. Size: 9h x 5 1/2w. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. A Home for Wayward Boys: The Early History of the Alabama Boys' Industrial School. Book.

Condition: New.

Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear, ; Signed and inscribed by author. ; B&W Illustrations; 186 pages; Signed by Author.

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnJerry Armor served seven years as a juvenile probation officer, two years as the psychologist in one of the state s prisons, and taught 30 years at Calhoun Community College and Athens State University. Today, he di.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - As Elizabeth Johnston walked among the convicts in an Alabama prison mining camp, she was stunned to see teenage boys working alongside hardened criminals. As a result of that disturbing experience, she vowed to remove youngsters from such wretched conditions by establishing a home for wayward boys. With the support of women across the state, she persuaded the Alabama legislature to establish the Alabama Boys' Industrial School in 1900. After several difficult years, Johnston and her all-female board made a once-in-a-lifetime decision by hiring a young couple from Tennessee, David and Katherine Weakley, as superintendent and matron. United by their Christian faith, their love for the boys, and some basic principles on how the boys should be molded into men, Johnston and the Weakleys labored together for decades to make the school one of the nation's premier institutions of its kind. A Home for Wayward Boys is the inspiring story of the school, its leaders, and the youngsters who lived there. The book's audience is not limited to those professionally interested in the social sciences and cultural history, but also to social workers, youth leaders, teachers, and parents-in fact, to anyone interested in the transforming power of love.…