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The Orphan Trains: Placing Out In America
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From Library Journalfrom 1850 To 1930 America Witnessed A Unique Emigration And Resettlement Of At Least 200,000 Children And Several Thousand Adults, Primarily From The East Coast To The West. This Placing Out, An Attempt To Find Homes For The Urban Poor, Was Best Known By The Orphan Trains That Carried The Children. Freelance Writer Holt Carefully Analyzes The System, Initially Instituted By The New York Children'S Aid Society In 1853, Tracking Its Imitators As Well As The Reasons For Its Creation And Demise. She Captures The Children'S Perspective With The Judicious Use Of Oral Histories, Institutional Records, And Newspaper Accounts. This Wellwritten Volume Sheds New Light On The Multifaceted Experience Of Children'S Emigration, Changing Concepts Of Welfare, And Western Expansion. It Is A Good, Scholarly Social History That Provides More Analytical Information Than James Manguson And Dorothea Petrie'S Orphan Train ( Lj 6/15/78). A Solid Contribution On A Littleknown Phenomenon, This Book Is Suitable For Academic And Large Public Libraries. Charles C. Hay Iii, Eastern Kentucky Univ. Archives, Richmondcopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.ReviewFrom 1850 To 1930 America Witnessed A Unique Emigration And Resettlement Of At Least 200,000 Children And Several Thousand Adults, Primarily From The East Coast To The West. This 'Placing Out,' An Attempt To Find Homes For The Urban Poor, Was Best Known By The 'Orphan Trains' That Carried The Children. Holt Carefully Analyzes The System, Initially Instituted By The New York Children'S Aid Society In 1853, Tracking Its Imitators As Well As The Reasons For Its Creation And Demise. She Captures The Children'S Perspective With The Judicious Use Of Oral Histories, Institutional Records, And Newspaper Accounts. This Wellwritten Volume Sheds New Light On The Multifaceted Experience Of Children'S Immigration, Changing Concepts Of Welfare, And Western Expansion. It Is Good, Scholarly Social History.Library JournalSoon 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 JournalAs 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, Selfpromotion And Is An Institution That Can Serve The Giver More Than The Receiver.David James Rose, Washington Timesabout The Authormarilyn 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.
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