The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America

by Marilyn Irvin Holt

Overview

"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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803272651
Publisher:	UNP - Bison Books
Publication date:	02/01/1994
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	1430L (what's this?)

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

"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

Wall Street Journal - David Shribman

"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

Washington Times - David James Rose

"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

Washington Times

"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

Wall Street Journal