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Author:
Warren, Andrea.
Title:
Orphan train rider : one boy's true story / by Andrea Warren.
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin,
Copyright Date:
c1996
Description:
80 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Nailling, Lee,--1917-
Orphan trains--Juvenile literature.
Orphans--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Abandoned children--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Nailling, Lee,--1917-
Orphan trains.
Orphans.
Abandoned children.
Nailling, Lee,--1917-
Orphan trains.
Orphans--Biography.
Abandoned children--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-76) and index.
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.
ISBN:
0395913624
9780395913628 (pbk.)
Locations:
ENPC715 -- Sanborn Public Library (Sanborn)

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