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The publisher calls this "an unforgettable story of friendship and second chances that highlights a little-known but historically significant movement in America's past." In Kline's bestselling novel, an unlikely friendship blossoms in the common ground of two women's rootless childhoods. Eighteen-year-old Molly is one mishap away from getting kicked out of foster care, even before she shortly ages out. Vivian is 91, a well-to-do widow who has lived a quiet life for many decades. But as a…

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One of many "orphan trains' heading for America's Midwest between 1854 and 1929. Many of the children placed out were not true orphans. Most had at least one parent who was still living. The first "train" went out from The Children's Aid Society on September 20, 1854, with 46 ten-to-twelve-year-old boys and girls. Their destination was Dowagiac, Michigan. Orphan Train, Train Museum, The Orphan, Vintage History, Adoptive Parents, City Kid, Foster Home, Lest We Forget, The Wild West

One of many "orphan trains' heading for America's Midwest between 1854 and 1929. Many of the children placed out were not true orphans. Most had at least one parent who was still living. The first "train" went out from The Children's Aid Society on September 20, 1854, with 46 ten-to-twelve-year-old boys and girls. Their destination was Dowagiac, Michigan.

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There are few tragedies more heartbreaking than being an orphan. But, in the 1800s in the United States, that tragedy brought with it unimaginable dimensions of loss, abuse, and violence. Orphanages were established to save children from the streets. But they often became places of horror. And homelessness on the streets offered no less risk of misery. The first orphanage in the U.S. was established in 1729 in Natchez, Mississippi, for white children orphaned as a result of the conflict…

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