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Orphan trains : the story of Charles Loring Brace and the children he saved and failed

Tells the story of the orphan trains that were operated by the Children's Aid Society between 1854 and 1929, taking abandoned children from New York to homes in the Midwest and West; and discusses the life and motivation of young minister Charles Loring Brace, founder of the society
Print Book, English, 2004
University of Chicago Press ed View all formats and editions
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2004
History
Adult Adult. Adult.
xxi, 362 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780226616674, 0226616673
1003331040
Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2001