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Waifs, Foundlings, and Half-Orphans

Waifs, Foundlings, and Half-Orphans

Mary Ellen Johnson

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Heritage Books Inc.
Año de edición:
2009
Materia
Adopción y acogimiento
ISBN:
9781585499557
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During the Orphan Trains Era, 1854 until 1929, an estimated 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children and families were relocated from major metropolitan east coast cities to new homes in the 'west' traveling aboard trains. Children relocated via

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