Orphan Trains to Missouri
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As an "orphan train" crossed the country, it left part of its cargo at each stop, a few children in one small town and a few in another. Even though farmers needed many hands for labor, most of the small farm communities could not or would not take all of the children on the train. As the train moved to its next stop, those children not taken feared no one would ever want them. Early immigration laws encouraged the poor of Europe to find new hope...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0826211216
ISBN13:9780826211217
Release Date:August 1997
Publisher:University of Missouri Press
Length:128 Pages
Weight:2.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Grade 9 and higher
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