2011, ISBN: 9780723227656

Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press, 2011. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Jacket stained, jacket edges bumped. 2011 Hard Cover. vii, 341 pp. T… Mehr…

Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press, 2011. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Jacket stained, jacket edges bumped. 2011 Hard Cover. vii, 341 pp. They are America’s forgotten children, the hundreds of thousands of child prostitutes who walk the Las Vegas Strip, the casinos of Atlantic City, the truck stops on interstates, and the street corners of our cities. Many people wrongly believe sex trafficking involves young women from foreign lands. In reality, the majority of teens caught in the sex trade are American girls--runaways and throwaways who become victims of ruthless pimps. In Somebody's Daughter: The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them, meet the girls who are fighting for their dignity, the cops who are trying to rescue them, and the community activists battling to protect the nation's most forsaken children. Author Julian Sher takes you behind the scenes to expose one of America’s most underreported crimes: A girl from New Jersey gets arrested in Las Vegas and, at great risk to her own life, helps the FBI take down a million-dollar pimping empire. An abused teenager in Texas has the courage to take the stand in a grueling trial that sends her pimp away for 75 years. Survivors of the sex trade in New York, Phoenix, and Minneapolis set up shelters and rescue centers that offer young girls a chance to break free from the streets. “The sex trade is the new drug trade,” says one FBI special agent, and Somebody's Daughter is a call to action, shining a light on America’s dirty little secret., Chicago Review Press, 2011, 3.5, Ulverscroft, 1981. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Ex-library with typical marks, light wear, yellowing; a sound binding; good overall. No jacket. "An account of the author's experiences as she followed the trail taken by the American pioneers in their covered wagons. Setting out by truck from Omaha on the Missouri, she spent six months travelling across half the country, camping rough, exploring side trails, climbing mountains, and several times risking her life. She interweaves her own story with those of the pioneers, providing a running history of the opening up of the west. Following their footsteps brought the author to the edge of disaster on more than on occasion." Quantity Available: 1. Category: Countries & Travel; ISBN: 0708909086. Inventory No: 196314. ., Ulverscroft, 1981, 2.5, Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Good. 1981. Hardcover. Warne's Transport Library. Hardback; yellowing to edge of pages, otherwise good in yellowed and lightly faded pictorial boards. ; A pictorial study. Illustrated with b/w photographs. ; 62 pages ., Frederick Warne & Co Ltd., 1981, 2.5<