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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... be an illusion spun by the Devil to lure one into the sin of pride. Some theologians maintained that the elect would not know they were saved un til they found themselves in Paradise. Although God was technically The Good Father 9.
... be an illusion spun by the Devil to lure one into the sin of pride. Some theologians maintained that the elect would not know they were saved un til they found themselves in Paradise. Although God was technically The Good Father 9.
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... well as their employees — were spending their days away from home. As a result, they could no longer perform one of the most essential duties al lotted them under Puritan tradition: the religious and moral instruction The Good Father 11.
... well as their employees — were spending their days away from home. As a result, they could no longer perform one of the most essential duties al lotted them under Puritan tradition: the religious and moral instruction The Good Father 11.
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... . . it is to be remembered that nature may be cramped or forced, rather than corrected and improved; and that, in every doubtful case, it is wise to in cline to the lenient, rather than to the severe side The Good Father 13.
... . . it is to be remembered that nature may be cramped or forced, rather than corrected and improved; and that, in every doubtful case, it is wise to in cline to the lenient, rather than to the severe side The Good Father 13.
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... father's guide of a century before, nor much of the advice in the text that followed. Industry and frugality were as strongly recommended as ever. Lydia Maria Child told her readers: "As far as possible keep a child always employed ...
... father's guide of a century before, nor much of the advice in the text that followed. Industry and frugality were as strongly recommended as ever. Lydia Maria Child told her readers: "As far as possible keep a child always employed ...
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... father's extemporaneous lectures and inquisitions in the midst of daily routines. One of Charles's favorite activities as a child was to go on solitary expeditions with his father to mountain streams, where, sitting on a broad rock or ...
... father's extemporaneous lectures and inquisitions in the midst of daily routines. One of Charles's favorite activities as a child was to go on solitary expeditions with his father to mountain streams, where, sitting on a broad rock or ...
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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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