Orphan Trains to Missouri by Michael D Patrick
This text explores the ""orphan trains"" which took poor European immigrant children to new lives in the Midwest in 1854. It documents the history of the children on those trains - their struggles, successes and failures. It includes stories of volunteers who oversaw the placement of the orphans.Michael D. Patrick is Adjunct Professor of Folklore at the University of Southern Alabama and Associate Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Residing in Trenton, Missouri, Evelyn Goodrich Trickel is the coauthor of A Pictorial History of Grundy County and recipient of the Charles Loring Brace Award from the Orphan Train Heritage of America. Patrick and Trickel, along with Evelyn Sheets, coauthored We Are Part of History: The Story of Orphan Trains.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780826211217 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826211216 |
| Title | Orphan Trains to Missouri |
| Author | Michael D Patrick |
| Series | Missouri Heritage Readers Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Missouri Press |
| Year published | 1997-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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