Orphan train rider

one boy's true story

80 pages

English language

Published Sept. 17, 1996 by Houghton Mifflin.

ISBN:
978-0-395-69822-8
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OCLC Number:
31756231

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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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The orphan train adoptions are a part of US history that changed thousands of lives. While the author shares a little bit of that history, she completely glosses over the complexity of the issue. This would be a much stronger book if she had just focused on Lee Nailling's experience instead of trying to dumb down the circumstances that led to his adoption.

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Subjects

  • Nailling, Lee, 1917-
  • 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