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Charles has devoted his life to telling his story in an effort to create public awareness, to curb child abuse wherever it may exist, to educate the uninformed, and to dispel the public myth that these things don't happen anymore. They do Mr. Carroll writes, only today the atrocities are better hidden.

Charles Carroll and his brother, Bobby, had the misfortune of being hard-to-place foster children and New Jersey in the 1950s.

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
History:New Lisbon Developmental Center

Part 1:
Chapter 1:Sane Kids in Insane Places
Chapter 2:Thrown Out of the Twentieth Century
Chapter 3:The Gatekeepers of Hell
Chapter 4:Thrown into the Belly of the Concrete Beast
Chapter 5:Where Even the Boogeyman Cried
Chapter 6:Synthesis of Brotherhood
Chapter 7:Kisses

Part 2:
Chapter 8:The New Man
Chapter 9:The Stone Age of Insanity
Chapter 10:The Lady in the Grey Flannel Suit

Part 3:
Chapter 11:Dr. Alprin
Chapter 12:A Peace Offering at the Window
Chapter 13:Ruby and Dustin
Chapter 14:A Popeye-Bluto Duet

Part 4:
Chapter 15:Mr. Wheeler
Chapter 16:ChapStick
Chapter 17:A Stately Affair
Chapter 18:Refined Madness at Its Best

Part 5:
Chapter 19:Homicidal Tendencies
Chapter 20:Uttered Odes under Leafy Sonnets
Chapter 21:Britches, Pitchforks and Haystacks
Chapter 22:An Angel with a Dirty Face
Chapter 23:Bobby
Chapter 24:Requiems of Fear

Part 6:
Chapter 25:Thrown Back into the Twentieth Century
Chapter 26:The Explorer Scoutmaster
Chapter 27:Mt. Holly Jail
Chapter 28:Radio City Music Hall
Chapter 29:The Conduct Machines
Chapter 30:Flight into Dignity

Epilogue

Appendices
Prologue to Appendices
Appendix A:Abuses at New Lisbon into the Twenty-first Century
-A.1U.S. Department of Justice Investigation of New Lisbon
-A.2Legal Cases Brought Against New Lisbon
-A.3Other Violence andDeath at New Lisbon
Appendix B:Abuses at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital into the Twenty-first Century
Appendix C:Abuses Across America into the Twenty-first Century
-C.1U.S. Department of Justice Investigations of Public Residential Facilities
-C.2Psychiatric Drugs and Electroshock Therapy
Appendix D:National Child Abuse Hotlines and Reporting Information by State
Appendix E:Books of Interest
Appendix F:Websites on Child Abuse and Support for Victims
-F.1Websites about Male Sexual Abuse
-F.2Websites for Male and Female Victims of Abuse
-F.3Resources for Helping an Abused Friend
-F.4Websites for Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention
-F.5Information on Reporting Abuse
Appendix G:Websites Listing Registered Sex Offenders

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