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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.

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A Paperback / softback by Michael D. Patrick, Evelyn Goodrich Trickel

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    Publisher: University of Missouri Press
    Publication Date: 30/08/1997
    ISBN13: 9780826211217, 978-0826211217
    ISBN10: 0826211216
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    Book Synopsis
    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.

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