Orphan trains to Missouri

Author(s)

• Patrick, Michael D.
• Trickel, Evelyn Goodrich

Bibliographic Information

Orphan trains to Missouri

Michael D. Patrick, Evelyn Goodrich Trickel

（Missouri heritage readers）

University of Missouri Press, c1997

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-106) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text explores the ""orphan trains"" which took poor European immigrant children to new lives in the Midwest in 1854. It documents the history of the children on those trains - their struggles, successes and failures. It includes stories of volunteers who oversaw the placement of the orphans.

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Details

• NCID: BB09740175
• ISBN:
  • 9780826211217
• LCCN: 97012244
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Columbia
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 112 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV985
  • DC21 : 362.73/4/0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Orphan trains -- Juvenile literature
  • LCSH : Orphans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile literature
  • LCSH : Abandoned children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile literature
  • LCSH : Adoptees -- Missouri -- Juvenile literature
  • LCSH : Children's Aid Society (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Juvenile literature
  • JVSH : Orphan trains
  • JVSH : Orphans
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA24409103