Book by Peter razor
I just found this book listed on line.
I have not had a chance to order it yet.
Not sure if he is a Razor or a boy adopted by someone last name Razor.
Synopsis
After his mother was committed to a mental institution and his father abandoned him, this memoirist endured a harrowing life of abuse at the very hands of the orphanage responsible for rearing him. Here he chronicles his life in a Midwestern orphanage in the 1930s and his subsequent experience as an indentured farm laborer.
Details
Publication Date: 2002-09-01
Series: Native Voices
A BRAVE TALE OF AN INDIAN ORPHAN IN THE 30s
Review created: 01/02/03by: jdrum -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Touching memoir of an American Indian orphan's life in the 1930s in a state institution.
Cons:
It would be nice to know a few more specifics about his adult life.
This is a wonderful memoir about an Indian boy living in a state orphanage in Owatonna, Minnesota in the 1930s. I remember this institution as one of the sights my parents pointed out to me on trips to the 'cities', Minneapolis and St. Paul. Other sights included the bank Jesse James robbed in Northfield and the 'feebleminded school' in Faribault. I dutifully stared at these sights as we passed by and wondered about the children. The grounds and buildings looked pleasant from old Highway 30 and I'm sure my parents had no clue as to what went on inside those walls. I knew they contained...
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