Growing Up at Mooseheart - Paperback

The author, his mother and four brothers took up residence at Mooseheart. . ."The Child City". . .May 28, 1930. John, his brothers and several thousand other youngsters, who had lost one or both of their parents, lived an active, vibrant life as so interestingly written in this memoir. GROWING UP AT MOOSEHEART tells the everyday activities in the life of a child at Mooseheart. It bespeaks of the careful development of the pre-adolescent and adolescent; of growing into adulthood as a complete personality. You will learn of the close relationship and influence of teachers, matrons; how a system contributes to an overall positive attitude of a young growing child. You will appreciate the complexity of caring for, nurturing and raising hundreds of children in home and school from birth to graduation at 18 years of age. GROWING UP AT MOOSEHEART reveals how inner feelings, the spiritual person inside you, are influenced by living with people, environments, situations and experiences. It tells how a child, raised as an orphan, becomes all he can be. You will live the life of John. You will laugh, cry and be joyful with him as he grows into adulthood and reaches the ultimate of his capabilities. This is a rare story.