Orphan Trains
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Orphan Trains
By Kristin F. JohnsonKristin F. Johnson ... Marilyn Holt. The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1992. Print. 56. 2. Clark Kidder. Orphan Trains & Their Precious Cargo: The Life's Work of Rev. H.D. Clarke.
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Orphan Trains: An Interactive History Adventure
By Elizabeth Raum"Describes the people and events involved in the orphan trains.
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Orphan Trains: Taking the Rails to a New Life
By Rebecca Langston-Georgehe trains served as a kind of bridge to the modern foster care system. Today the orphan trains are considered a step forward from the old indenture system where children could be bound for many years to an employer.
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Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed
By Stephen O'ConnorA powerful blend of history, biography, and adventure, Orphans Trains remains the definitive work on this little-known episode in American history.
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Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed
By Stephen O'ConnorThe true story behind Christina Baker Kline’s bestselling novel is revealed in this “engaging and thoughtful history” of the Children’s Aid Society (Los Angeles Times).
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Orphan Trains
By Marylin Irvin HoltThis well-written volume sheds new light on the multifaceted experience of children's immigration, changing concepts of welfare, and Western expansion. It is good, scholarly social history."—Library Journal
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Orphan Trains: Taking the Rails to a New Life
By Rebecca Ann Langston-GeorgeIt took one more boat ride and another train ride before they reached Michigan at 3:00 a.m. on Sunday. Exhausted, many of the children lay down on the railway platform to sleep. When the sun rose, the agent, Mr. Smith, rounded up all ...
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Orphan Trains: An Interactive History Adventure
By Elizabeth Raum"Describes the people and events involved in the orphan trains.
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Orphan Trains: Taking the Rails to a New Life
By Rebecca Langston-GeorgeDiscover the true story of seven orphans who were settled with families in the Midwest by the Children's Aid Society.
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Orphan Trains
By Kristin F. JohnsonThis title examines an important historic event - the orphan train movement.