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Orphan Train Rider (One Boy's True Story) (Paperback)
- Author: Andrea Warren
- Publisher: Sandpiper
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Between 1854 and 1930, more than 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children were sent west on orphan trains. Warren alternates chapters about the history of the orphan trains with the story of Lee Nailling, who in 1926 rode an orphan train to Texas. Photos. In the 1850s thousands of American lived in orphanages or on city streets. Social workers believed that these children would be better off in the country being raised by families that needed helpers for their farms, so between 1859 and 1929 more than 200,000 children were sent west on trains to be placed in new homes with new families. This account of what came to be known as the orphan trains is told via the true story of Lee Nailling who rode one of the trains to Texas in 1926.
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- Genre: Family & Relationships, Juvenile Nonfiction
- Subgenre: Abuse / General, Family / General
- Age: 9-12 years
- Date Published: September 28, 1998
- Release Date: September 28, 1998
- Publisher: Sandpiper
- Author: Andrea Warren
- Pages: 80
- Format: Paperback
Additional Information
- DPCI: 248-25-9342
- ASIN: B002S3G5II
- Catalog #: 11831682
- ISBN: 9780395913628
- Item can be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.55 pound.
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