Emily's Story: The Brave Journey of an Orphan Train Rider

by Clark Kidder

Book Overview

It seems incomprehensible that there was a time in America s not-so-distant past that nearly 200,000 children could be loaded on trains in large cities on our East Coast, sent to the rural Midwest, and presented for the picking to anyone who expressed an interest in them. That's exactly what happened between the years 1854 and 1930.

The primitive social experiment became known as placing out, and had its origins in a New York City organization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479184578
• ISBN13: 9781479184576
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"