Ebook: The Baby Thief: the Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby Seller Who Corrupted Adoption

For almost three decades, renowned baby-seller Georgia Tann ran a children's home in Memphis, Tennessee? selling her charges to wealthy clients nationwide, Joan Crawford among them. Part social history, part detective story, part expose, The Baby Thief is a riveting investigative narrative that explores themes that continue to reverberate today.;Prologue vii; Part One: Georgia's World; 1. Georgia's Home 1; 2. Georgia's Disappearance 5; 3. Billy 15; 4. The Plague 21; 5. Mollie 31; 6. Georgia's Youth 37; 7. Georgia's Memphis 59; 8. The Little Wanderers 65; Part Two: Georgia's Crimes; 9. Georgia's Methods 89; 10. Georgia's Adults 127; 11. Georgia's Children 145; Part Three: Georgia's Secrets; 12. Georgia's Lies 201; 13. The Fallout 219; 14. The Beginning of the End 227; Epilogue 243; Notes 253; Sources 289; Acknowledgments 297; Index 301.