The orphan trains /
Flanagan, Alice K.
The orphan trains / by Alice K. Flanagan. - Minneapolis, MN : Compass Point Books, c2006. - 48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm. - We the people . - We the people (Series) (Compass Point Books) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
An orphan's story -- Poor working-class families -- New York's homeless children -- How the orphan trains began -- Who rode the orphan trains? -- How orphans found homes -- The baby trains -- The end of the orphan trains.
A history of the system which found homes for 200,000 orphans in New York and other states, especially in the West, from 1854 to 1930.
6.1 5-8 Follett Library Resources
0756516358
2005025087
Orphan trains.
Orphans.
Adoptees.
HV875 / .F56 2006
362.7/340973
The orphan trains / by Alice K. Flanagan. - Minneapolis, MN : Compass Point Books, c2006. - 48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm. - We the people . - We the people (Series) (Compass Point Books) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
An orphan's story -- Poor working-class families -- New York's homeless children -- How the orphan trains began -- Who rode the orphan trains? -- How orphans found homes -- The baby trains -- The end of the orphan trains.
A history of the system which found homes for 200,000 orphans in New York and other states, especially in the West, from 1854 to 1930.
6.1 5-8 Follett Library Resources
0756516358
2005025087
Orphan trains.
Orphans.
Adoptees.
HV875 / .F56 2006
362.7/340973