Orphan Trains to Missouri (MISSOURI HERITAGE READERS)
This work began when Trickel and Evelyn Sheets (who died before it could be finished) were teaching genealogy and were surprised at the number of students whose ancestors came to Missouri aboard orphan trains; they were joined by Patrick (English, Univ. of Missouri, Rolla). Their book follows up on the trio's earlier work, We Are a Part of History: The Story of the Orphan Trains (Donning, 1994). In particular, they review the efforts of Charles Loring Brace of the Children's Aid Society of New York. Unable to attend to the needs of all the "street arabs," as the city's homeless children were called, Brace sought to place them in foster homes across the Midwest. This title uses documentary and oral history as well as historical, folklore, and informal literature. Thus, it is not as scholarly as Marylyn Holt's The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America (Univ. of Nebraska, 1992). Still, it is recommended for local history and adult literacy collections.?Daniel D. Liestman, Seattle Pacific Univ.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.