Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and FailedHMH, 4 de nov. de 2014 - 384 páginas The true story behind Christina Baker Kline’s bestselling novel is revealed in this “engaging and thoughtful history” of the Children’s Aid Society (Los Angeles Times). A powerful blend of history, biography, and adventure, Orphan Trains fills a grievous gap in the American story. Tracing the evolution of the Children’s Aid Society, this dramatic narrative tells the fascinating tale of one of the most famous—and sometimes infamous—child welfare programs: the orphan trains, which spirited away some two hundred fifty thousand abandoned children into the homes of rural families in the Midwest. In mid-nineteenth-century New York, vagrant children, whether orphans or runaways, filled the streets. The city’s solution for years had been to sweep these children into prisons or almshouses. But a young minister named Charles Loring Brace took a different tack. With the creation of the Children’s Aid Society in 1853, he provided homeless youngsters with shelter, education, and, for many, a new family out west. The family matching process was haphazard, to say the least: at town meetings, farming families took their pick of the orphan train riders. Some children, such as James Brady, who became governor of Alaska, found loving homes, while others, such as Charley Miller, who shot two boys on a train in Wyoming, saw no end to their misery. Complete with extraordinary photographs and deeply moving stories, Orphan Trains gives invaluable insights into a creative genius whose pioneering, if controversial, efforts inform child rescue work today. |
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... The Trials of Charley Miller 258 The Death and Life of Charles Loring Brace 284 Conclusion: Legacy 310 NOTES 331 BIBLIOGRAPHY 336 INDEX 350 Acknowledgments This book could never have been written without the viii Contents.
... The Trials of Charley Miller 258 The Death and Life of Charles Loring Brace 284 Conclusion: Legacy 310 NOTES 331 BIBLIOGRAPHY 336 INDEX 350 Acknowledgments This book could never have been written without the viii Contents.
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... never bothered to verify. When applicants did not have the required documents, Smith probably did what was done routinely by later CAS agents: he looked at the quality and cleanness of the applicants' clothes, asked them about their ...
... never bothered to verify. When applicants did not have the required documents, Smith probably did what was done routinely by later CAS agents: he looked at the quality and cleanness of the applicants' clothes, asked them about their ...
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... never seems to have doubted the exemplariness of his character. He could speak quite openly about his "abounding courage and hope." He proclaimed without the slightest shred of irony, "I am striving after perfect truth," and admitted ...
... never seems to have doubted the exemplariness of his character. He could speak quite openly about his "abounding courage and hope." He proclaimed without the slightest shred of irony, "I am striving after perfect truth," and admitted ...
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... never took the railroad to their new homes, or even traveled very far. Although the majority of children placed by the CAS went to the Midwest and West, the state that received the greatest number by far (nearly one-third of the total) ...
... never took the railroad to their new homes, or even traveled very far. Although the majority of children placed by the CAS went to the Midwest and West, the state that received the greatest number by far (nearly one-third of the total) ...
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... never seen so many relations as I had and all was tickled to see me. The Pennsylvania Station has several entrances to get through so as not to miss me, they were coupled at every one. My sister-in-law was the lucky one to see me first ...
... never seen so many relations as I had and all was tickled to see me. The Pennsylvania Station has several entrances to get through so as not to miss me, they were coupled at every one. My sister-in-law was the lucky one to see me first ...
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Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved ... Stephen O'Connor Visualização parcial - 2004 |
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