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Orphan trains : taking the rails to a new life / Rebecca Langston-George ; consultant: Shaley George, Curator, National Orphan Train Complex.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Encounter (Capstone Press)Publisher: North Mankato, MN : Capstone Press, [2016]Description: 128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781491485514
  • 1491485515
  • 9781491485521
  • 1491485523
  • 9781623706302
  • 1623706300
Subject(s):
Contents:
Clutching his brother's hand: Stanley Cornell -- Missionary to "street rats" -- Three cheers for Michigan, the first orphan train -- From newsboy to news maker: Andrew Burke -- A baby doll of her own: Agnes Ruth Anderson Hickok -- Just an adopted brat: Robert Hunt Hume -- Three mothers and many sisters: Edith Peterson -- Pretending to be happy: Marguerite Driscoll Thompson -- A little boy with a big imagination: Arthur Field Smith -- What happened to the riders? -- What happened to the orphan trains? -- Orphan train timeline -- Glossary.
Summary: "Tells the story of seven orphans who were settled with families in the Midwest by the Children's Aid Society"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 362.734 L285 Available 33111008788552
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Discover the true story of seven orphans who were settled with families in the Midwest by the Children's Aid Society.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-126) and index.

Clutching his brother's hand: Stanley Cornell -- Missionary to "street rats" -- Three cheers for Michigan, the first orphan train -- From newsboy to news maker: Andrew Burke -- A baby doll of her own: Agnes Ruth Anderson Hickok -- Just an adopted brat: Robert Hunt Hume -- Three mothers and many sisters: Edith Peterson -- Pretending to be happy: Marguerite Driscoll Thompson -- A little boy with a big imagination: Arthur Field Smith -- What happened to the riders? -- What happened to the orphan trains? -- Orphan train timeline -- Glossary.

"Tells the story of seven orphans who were settled with families in the Midwest by the Children's Aid Society"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 8-14.

RL: 3-6 ; IL: 4-8.

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