AMERICAN ORPHANS.

Over the decades Americans have been bombarded with images of orphans from numerous countries. The author of "AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN ORPHAN",

WALTER JAMES (GAUTIER as he is refered to among the French), shifts the focus to the plight of the "AMERICAN ORPHAN".

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The mission of this blog is to initiate a web work of resources for the Orphans of America and to start a much needed dialogue among the forgotten members of this group If you are an "American Orphan let us hear from you.



Peace and Blessings,

____________________constancia for (Gautier)

- Walter James-































THE AUTHOR TAKING A STROLL

THE AUTHOR TAKING A STROLL
HELPING WHEN AND WHERE HE CAN

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Autobiography Of An American Orphan
In a confrontation with his past, the author reveals this heart-wrenching depiction of childhood in a New York City multicultural orphanage during the nineteen fifties. Funds were scarce and discipline severe. He describes the relationships between the orphans, the counselors, the nuns, and the priests, with an emphasis on how it shaped his life. As he grows and moves through various houses into his teenage years, the orphanage is faced with a surge of gang members. He befriends a Puerto Rican his own age, which ultimately leads them both to follow his friend's brother, a heroin pusher and addict, into Spanish Harlem just at the beginning of the civil rights movement. His account entails descriptions of ghetto life there and in Brooklyn's Williamsburg district as well, underlining the devastating effects from the separation of his Irish-American family and siblings. While awaiting his next group of students in an empty classroom in South Korea, Walter James attempted to remember his past in an orphanage. The experiences that surfaced put him in a rage. He knew then that he had to confront his past and exorcize his demons. This book, which began as a psychological self-study, became the emotional account of his story, and took him to places he never thought he would visit again.