By Peggy Caravantes
This booklet relays the genuine information of the orphan trains that despatched East Coast orphans to be with households within the Midwest and West. The narrative offers a number of debts of the development, and readers examine info from the viewpoint of an orphan baby heading to the Midwest, a Midwestern kinfolk anticipating a baby, and a brand new York urban baby welfare employee. This ebook deals possibilities to check and distinction a number of views within the textual content whereas collecting and examining information regarding an ancient occasion.
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Warren, Andrea. We Rode the Orphan Trains. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. org This Web site has stories of orphans who rode the orphan trains. org/about/history/orphan-trains At this Web site, readers can learn more about the history of the orphan trains. 31 Index Brace, Charles Loring, 23–24 Midwest, 6, 7, 23, 24 Children’s Aid Society, 4, 6, 20, 21, 23, 25 New York, 4, 6, 7, 12, 20, 23, 25, 26 farm, 13–14, 15, 23–24, 26 first orphan train, 16 foster parents, 6 orphanage, 4–5, 7, 21, 23 introduced to townspeople, 8–11, 17, 19, 26, 28 religious instruction, 15, 24 placing agent, 17, 24, 29 sent back, 14, 25 labor, 15, 24, 29 last orphan train, 6 laws, 25 train travel, 7–8, 26 About the Author Peggy Caravantes is the author of middle-grade and young-adult biographies as well as nonfiction books for elementary students.
He hesitated and looked at me. When I nodded my approval, he joined them. After they had talked for a few minutes, I went over and whispered in James’s ear that I would come back next year to check on him and that he could write to me. We wanted to make sure that his new family treated him well. He smiled bravely, and I walked away to help some of the other boys. 28 When I looked again, James was leaving the church, holding hands with the older couple. I prayed that he and all the other boys would be happy in their new homes.
He reminded them that only those already approved by the town’s committee could take a child. Then he asked me to introduce the boys. After I introduced all the boys, the crowd drew to the stage to get a closer look. A few couples immediately selected a child. Others looked them over and walked away. James Sinclair stood alone until a gray-haired couple motioned for him to come off the stage and talk to them. He hesitated and looked at me. When I nodded my approval, he joined them. After they had talked for a few minutes, I went over and whispered in James’s ear that I would come back next year to check on him and that he could write to me.