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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.

Orphan Trains to Missouri

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

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      Publisher University of Missouri Press
      Published 30 August 1997
      ISBN-13 9780826211217
      978-0826211217
      ISBN-10 0826211216
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      Child welfare and youth services

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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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