false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171676729m/113397.jpg 113397 1 'From 1850 to 1930 America witnessed a unique emigration and resettlement of at least 200,000 children and several thousand adults, primarily from the East Coast to the West. This 'placing out,' an attempt to find homes for the urban poor, was best known by the 'orphan trains' that carried the children. Holt carefully analyzes the system, initially instituted by the New York Children's Aid Society in 1853, tracking its imitators as well as the reasons for its creation and demise. She captures the children's perspective with the judicious use of oral histories, institutional records, and newspaper accounts. This well-written volume sheds new light on the multifaceted experience of children's immigration, changing concepts of welfare, and Western expansion. It is good, scholarly social history' - "Library Journal".'Soon there will be no memories of the 'little companies,' as they were called, of children setting out with an adult leader for a new life. This little book is kind of a preservation movement, and a contribution to our understanding of how the West was won' - David Shribman, "Wall Street Journal". 'As a portrait of the time's charitable networks, "The Orphan Trains" succeeds...Holt's work brings to light a meaningful concept: the idea that charity; then and now, is sometimes tinged with greed, indifference, hostility, self-promotion and is an institution that can serve the giver more than the receiver' - David James Rose, "Washington Times". Marilyn Irvin Holt, former director of publications at the Kansas State Historical Society; is a freelance editor, writer, and researcher and teaches historical editing at the University of Kansas. 109174 1 2 1994 The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America (Bison Book S.) total:10|5:2|4:3|3:3|2:2| 10 35 20 1 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 19:44:50 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 14:38:22 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 09:04:12 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 09:04:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Aug 13 19:51:06 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 09:21:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 06 17:07:29 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 17:07:29 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jul 31 04:37:40 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 04:37:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 15 22:57:42 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 22:57:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 04 07:56:21 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 07:56:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 24 07:36:55 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 07:37:21 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Dec 11 12:36:58 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 12:36:58 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Sep 28 09:42:58 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 09:42:58 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Sep 23 21:03:30 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 21:03:30 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Aug 27 06:22:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 06:22:00 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sun Jul 06 20:33:50 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 05 12:40:50 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jun 02 08:53:51 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 08:53:51 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Tue Apr 22 13:34:12 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 12:48:43 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 12:48:48 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Apr 06 06:18:41 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 16:39:12 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Jan 18 14:23:04 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 14:23:22 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Oct 29 06:39:28 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 06:39:38 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu Oct 25 19:30:06 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 19:30:06 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue Jul 03 07:09:23 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 07:09:23 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=113397