We Rode the Orphan Trains

Name: We Rode the Orphan Trains
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ISBN: 9780618432356

ISBN-10: 0618432353

ISBN-13: 9780618432356

Edition: 2004 (Reprint)

Authors: Andrea Warren

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They were "throwaway" kids, living on the streets or in orphanages and foster homes. Then Charles Loring Brace, a young minister in New York City, started the Children's Aid Society and devised a plan to give these homeless waifs a chance at finding families they could call their own. Thus began an extraordinary migration of American children.Between 1854 and 1929, an estimated 200,000 children ventured forth on a journey of hope. Here, in the sequel to Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story, Andrea Warren introduces nine men and women who rode the trains and helped make history so many years ago.

Book details

List price: $10.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 3/23/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.46" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction



Homes for Homeless Children



Agent Clara Comstock's Mission



Twins Who Just Wanted to Be Loved: Nettie and Nellie Crook, Riders to Kansas, 1911



Blessed by Six Parents: Sister Justina Bieganek, Rider to Minnesota, 1913



A Lonely Little Girl: Ruth Hickok, Rider to Iowa, 1917



The Baby in the Basket: Art Smith, Rider to Iowa, 1922



A Case of Scandalous Neglect: Howard Hurd and Fred Swedenburg, Riders to Nebraska, 1925



A Place Called Home: Bill Oser, Rider to Michigan, 1925



The Cutest Child in Kentucky: Betty Murray, Rider to Kentucky, 1930



Into the Future


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Sources Used in This Book


Index