We Rode the Orphan Trains

by Warren, Andrea

• ISBN13: 9780618117123
• ISBN10: 0618117121
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-29
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

They were "throwaway" kids, living on the streets or in orphanages and foster homes. Then Charles Loring Brace, a young minister in New York City, started the Children's Aid Society and devised a plan to give these homeless waifs a chance at finding families they could call their own. Thus began an extraordinary migration of American children. Between 1854 and 1929, an estimated 200,000 children ventured forth on a journey of hope. Here, in the sequel to Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story, Andrea Warren introduces nine men and women who rode the trains and helped make history so many years ago.

Author Biography

Andrea Warren's books about children are the result of her passion for history and her interest in young readers. She has been a professional writer for twenty years and works from her home office in the Kansas City area. Her first book for Houghton Mifflin, Orphan Train Rider, won the 1996 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for nonfiction.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Homes for Homeless Children	p. 3
Agent Clara Comstock's Mission	p. 23
Twins Who Just Wanted to Be Loved: Nettie and Nellie Crook, Riders to Kansas, 1911	p. 32
Blessed by Six Parents: Sister Justina Bieganek, Rider to Minnesota, 1913	p. 44
A Lonely Little Girl: Ruth Hickok, Rider to Iowa, 1917	p. 56
The Baby in the Basket: Art Smith, Rider to Iowa, 1922	p. 67
A Case of Scandalous Neglect: Howard Hurd and Fred Swedenburg, Riders to Nebraska, 1925	p. 80
A Place Called Home: Bill Oser, Rider to Michigan, 1925	p. 96
The Cutest Child in Kentucky: Betty Murray, Rider to Kentucky, 1930	p. 109
Into the Future	p. 122
Recommended Reading	p. 125
Sources Used in This Book	p. 127
Index	p. 129
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