The Boys in the Bunkhouse
Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
by Dan Barry
Popularity 8
A full-length account of the author's prize-winning New York Times story chronicles the exploitation and abuse case of a group of developmentally disabled workers, who for 25 years, were forced to work under harrowing conditions for virtually no wages until tenacious advocates helped them achieve their freedom.
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