Abbé Pierre and the ragpickers of Emmaus; translated by Lucie Noel

By:

Simon, Boris

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: London : Harvill Press, 1955Description: 200 pages : illustrations, 22 cmSubject(s):

DDC classification:

362.5

LOC classification:

HV4096.P3 S53

Summary: The Abbé Pierre has tackled in France the problems of homeless people in a new way. First he bought a house and sheltered a few down-and-out men. Then he organized his ragpickers, combed the dust-bins and the dumps, and then the sewers, and sold the salvage. He bought land, put up huts; bought more land, till he had housed 180 families; the scheme is growing daily. He has now achieved a responsible community of workers in which the poor help the poor. This is not a sociological blueprint but a gripping human story of the lives he has saved.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Footprints International School Library Network Toul Kork Campus	Non-Fiction	SIM 362.5 HV4096.P3 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	2024-0028

The Abbé Pierre has tackled in France the problems of homeless people in a new way. First he bought a house and sheltered a few down-and-out men. Then he organized his ragpickers, combed the dust-bins and the dumps, and then the sewers, and sold the salvage. He bought land, put up huts; bought more land, till he had housed 180 families; the scheme is growing daily. He has now achieved a responsible community of workers in which the poor help the poor. This is not a sociological blueprint but a gripping human story of the lives he has saved.

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