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A Cry for Help: Stories of Homelessness and Hope (Umbra Editions)

Mary Ellen Mark

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A Cry for Help is a vivid and irrefutable picture of the homeless in America, told in their own words. Portraits by acclaimed photographer Mary Ellen Mark join an urgent introduction by Andrew Cuomo, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, H.U.D. and founder of H.E.L.P. . Noted child psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dr. Robert Coles offers a thoughtful preface about the painful effects of homelessness on a child's soul. In the tradition of classic works of advocacy like Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, this book speaks to our national moral conscience and offers an optimistic message that both personal and social change is possible.

introduction by Andrew Cuomo ; preface by Robert Coles ; interviews reported by Victoria Kohn.

Language: English

Pages: 103

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 1996

ISBN 13: 9780684825939

A Cry for Help: Stories of Homelessness and Hope (Umbra Editions)

Mary Ellen Mark

0/5 ( ratings)

A Cry for Help is a vivid and irrefutable picture of the homeless in America, told in their own words. Portraits by acclaimed photographer Mary Ellen Mark join an urgent introduction by Andrew Cuomo, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, H.U.D. and founder of H.E.L.P. . Noted child psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dr. Robert Coles offers a thoughtful preface about the painful effects of homelessness on a child's soul. In the tradition of classic works of advocacy like Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, this book speaks to our national moral conscience and offers an optimistic message that both personal and social change is possible.

introduction by Andrew Cuomo ; preface by Robert Coles ; interviews reported by Victoria Kohn.

Language: English

Pages: 103

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 1996

ISBN 13: 9780684825939

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