Warren, Andrea. Orphan train rider : : one boy's true story / [electronic resource] / by Andrea Warren.. — New York : : Scholastic,, 1997, c1996.. — 80 p. : : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-74) and index.
Orphan Trains -- Lee loses his mother -- Too many Orphans -- Life in the Orphanage -- First Orphan Trains -- Pink envelope -- Finding homes for Orphans -- Lee arrives in Texas -- When the Orphan Trains came to town -- Lee finds a home -- Last Orphan Trians -- Lee loses one brother and finds two more.
Анотація: Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers.