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Orphan train rider : [electronic resource] one boy's true story / by Andrea Warren.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Scholastic, 1997, c1996.Description: 80 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0590115278
  • 9780590115278
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.7/34/092 B 20
LOC classification:
  • HV985 .W37 1996
Online resources:
Contents:
Orphan Trains -- Lee loses his mother -- Too many Orphans -- Life in the Orphanage -- First Orphan Trains -- Pink envelope -- Finding homes for Orphans -- Lee arrives in Texas -- When the Orphan Trains came to town -- Lee finds a home -- Last Orphan Trians -- Lee loses one brother and finds two more.
Summary: Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-74) and index.

Orphan Trains -- Lee loses his mother -- Too many Orphans -- Life in the Orphanage -- First Orphan Trains -- Pink envelope -- Finding homes for Orphans -- Lee arrives in Texas -- When the Orphan Trains came to town -- Lee finds a home -- Last Orphan Trians -- Lee loses one brother and finds two more.

Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers.

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