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The orphan trains : placing out in America by Holt, Marilyn Irvin, 1949- is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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A Study Of The System Known As Placing Out, Which Was Practiced In America Between 1853 And 1929, In Which Children, And In Some Cases Women And Entire Families, Were Relocated From Crowded Urban Areas And Placed In Homes In The West, Traveling On Orphan Trains To Their New Lives. Introduction -- 1. Ideals, Demands, And Motivations -- 2. A Plan For Little Wanderers -- 3. Others Think Of A Home Over There -- 4. A Plan Embattled -- 5. The Close Of An Era -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index. Marilyn Irvin Holt. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
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- Author
- Holt, Marilyn Irvin, 1949-
- Publisher
- Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780803223608
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Family & Relationships, Social Science, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.45 / 5 (8 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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