{"product_id":"home-for-foundlings-book-marthe-jocelyn-9780887767098","title":"A Home for Foundlings","description":"\u003cb\u003eNominated for the 2005 Norma Fleck Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThousands of mothers carried their babies to the gates of the Foundling Hospital desperate to save them from the cruel streets of eighteenth-century London. Each baby was left with a personal token - identification if a repentant mother ever returned to reclaim her child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaptain Thomas Coram, himself childless, was inspired by the sight of babies abandoned on dung heaps to petition the king for support in building a home for England's poorest children. Coram's vision saved countless children's lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Home for Foundlings\u003c\/i\u003e describes the hospital Captain Coram founded, the luminaries involved - including Handel, Hogarth, and Dickens - and the daily lives of the foundlings themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of archival photos and materials, and published in cooperation with the newly established Foundling Museum in London and Lord Cultural Resources, \u003ci\u003eA Home for Foundlings\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating, heartbreaking, and timely book. Author Marthe Jocelyn's text has particular resonance: her grandfather, Arthur Jocelyn, was raised in the Foundling Hospital.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49528993513745,"sku":"GOR002445611","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49948419981585,"sku":"CIN0887767095VG","price":6.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51416596971793,"sku":"CIN0887767095G","price":6.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0887767095.jpg?v=1751108386","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/home-for-foundlings-book-marthe-jocelyn-9780887767098","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}