{"product_id":"1859-wrecks-and-rescues-saving-new-york-girls-from-prostitution","title":"1859 Wrecks and Rescues, Saving New York Girls from Prostitution","description":"\u003cp\u003eHawkins, M. A. [To the Reader]. \u003cstrong\u003eWrecks and Rescues.\u003c\/strong\u003e By an Early Member of the Board of Managers of the A. F. G. S. New York: American Female Guardian Society, 1859. (First Edition) Revised by the Publishing Committee. [12447]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack publisher's cloth decorated in blind \u0026amp; gilt, gilt title and design to front, all page edges gilt, edge-worn with frayed corner tips, 7 1\/2 x 5 inches. Yellow end papers; 1873 gift inscription on the ffep. Wood engraved frontispiece of a scene from \"The Golden Curl\"; extra engraved title page; 255 pp. with some smudges \u0026amp; foxing, followed by Society adverts. Good. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The following narratives are gathered from among many cases of like character, found in the various departments of the work of the American Female Guardian Society, during the twenty-five years of its existence. The reader will be reminded once and again that 'Truth is stranger than fiction,' and the inquiry may arise, 'Are these statements reliable?' There entire accuracy may be vouched for, save that, for local reasons, the names used are borrowed.\" - Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author is anonymous; the \"To the Reader\" is written by Mary Anne Hawkins, then President of the Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe accounts are The Golden Curl; The Broadway Belle; A Family in Prison; The Actress; The Lost Children; The Emigrant Witness; Lizzie Nugent; The Borrowed Baby; An Unnatural Father; A Reminiscence; The Weeping Prisoner, The Mother's Choice; A Sister Found; Struggles of an Inebriate Woman; Early Efforts in Prison Reform; The Transformed; Then and Now: or, Kate, the Beggar-Girl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe American Female Guardian Society was a charitable organization operating in the Five Points District in New York City. It was founded in 1834 by Lydia A. Finney, the wife of evangelist Charles Grandison Finney, to rescue homeless children and indigent women, and to advocate for social and moral reform. It sought to curtail prostitution, inebriation, and the abuse of women and children. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45235020890178,"sku":"ABE12447","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC08558BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1789739448","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/1859-wrecks-and-rescues-saving-new-york-girls-from-prostitution","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}