Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-74) and index
Contents:
Orphan Trains -- Lee loses his mother -- Too many Orphans -- Life in the Orphanage -- First Orphan Trains -- Pink envelope -- Finding homes for Orphans -- Lee arrives in Texas -- When the Orphan Trains came to town -- Lee finds a home -- Last Orphan Trians -- Lee loses one brother and finds two more
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
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