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Orphan train rider : one boy's true story /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warren, Andrea
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
Subjects:
Nailling, Lee, > 1917-
Orphan trains > Juvenile literature.
Orphans > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Abandoned children > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Orphan trains.
Orphans.
Abandoned children.
Description
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.
Physical Description:80 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-74) and index.
ISBN:0395698227