Title Orphan trains : taking the rails to a new life / Rebecca Langston-George ; consultant: Shaley George, Curator, National Orphan Train Complex.

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North Mankato, MN : Capstone Press, [2016]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department	J362.734 LAN	Check Shelf
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult	YA 362.73 LANGSTON- GEORGE	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 362.734 LANGSTON	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction	J 362.734 LAN	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction	J 362.734 LAN	Check Shelf
Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Children's Department	J362.734 LANGSTON-GEORGE	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Teen	YA 362.734 LANGSTON- GEORGE	Check Shelf

Description	128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Encounter: narrative nonfiction stories
	Encounter (Capstone Press)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-126) and index.
Contents	Clutching his brother's hand: Stanley Cornell -- Missionary to "street rats" -- Three cheers for Michigan, the first orphan train -- From newsboy to news maker: Andrew Burke -- A baby doll of her own: Agnes Ruth Anderson Hickok -- Just an adopted brat: Robert Hunt Hume -- Three mothers and many sisters: Edith Peterson -- Pretending to be happy: Marguerite Driscoll Thompson -- A little boy with a big imagination: Arthur Field Smith -- What happened to the riders? -- What happened to the orphan trains? -- Orphan train timeline -- Glossary.
Summary	"Tells the story of seven orphans who were settled with families in the Midwest by the Children's Aid Society"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience	Ages 8-14.
Subject	Orphan trains -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Orphans -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Orphans -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Orphan trains. (OCoLC)fst01048421
	Orphans. (OCoLC)fst01048433
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Orphan trains -- History.
	Orphans -- United States -- History.
	Orphans -- United States -- Biography.
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN	9781491485514 (library binding)
	1491485515 (library binding)
	9781491485521 (paperback)
	1491485523 (paperback)
	9781623706302 (paper-over-board)
	1623706300 (paper-over-board)

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