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Informationen zum Autor Nikki McCaslin Klappentext This unique one-volume reference guide provides positive and empowering biographical sketches of 100 famous and well-known adoptees throughout time, serving to counter the many negative stereotypes that exist that exist about people who were adopted, fostered, or lived in orphanages. This work looks at the lives of people who, despite circumstances in their childhood, were able to succeed in making important contributions to art, music, science, literature, politics, and entrepreneurship. This work answers the call to obtaining difficult-to-find information about well-known adoptees. High school students and general readers who are interested in learning more about positive role models in adoption and children's issues will find this book invaluable. McCaslin outlines the parameters she used for inclusion in the book, and then discusses the history of adoption from ancient civilization to today's society. Each entry focuses on the early life of the subject, as well as his or her career and achievements. Entries include Aristotle, Edward Albee, Ingrid Bergman, Oksana Baiul, Ella Fitzgerald, Faith Hill, Marilyn Monroe, Dave Thomas, Orson Welles and many more. Zusammenfassung This unique one-volume reference guide provides positive and empowering biographical sketches of 100 famous and well-known adoptees throughout time! serving to counter the many negative stereotypes that exist that exist about people who were adopted! fostered! or lived in orphanages. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Entries List of Entries by Childhood Experience List of Entries by Occupational Fields Foreword by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Preface Acknowledgments Introduction The Encyclopedia Appendix A: Major Awards and Honors Appendix B: Other Memorable Adoptees Persons with Living First Parent(s), Who Were Raised or Legally Adopted by Extended Family Members Persons Adopted by a Step-Parent Appendix C: Religious, Mythical, and Fictional Adoptees Religious and Mythic Figures Fictional Characters in Popular Culture (Film, Television, Cartoons) Adopted, Fostered, Orphaned, or Illegitimate Figures of British Literature, by Literary Period Selected Bibliography Index ...
