416 pages - $32.25
In 1904, New York nuns brought forty Irish orphans to a remote Arizona mining camp, to be placed with Mexican
Catholic families. Soon the town's Anglos, furious at this "interracial" transgression, formed a vigilante squad that
kidnapped the children and nearly lynched the nuns and the local priest.
111 pages - $16.25
This is a fictional account of an orphan riding an orphan train, along with 102 other orphans, westward from New York
through the Midwest. The story is based on the authors personal experiences, at the age of five, riding such a train.
This story ends in a small town in northwestern Missouri with a Swedish farm couple who took "Bill" off the train.
69 pages - $10.75
This is the story of an Orphan Train rider torn from those who loved him, and of the sisters he left behind in New
York. Travel with Christian as the train carries him to Nebraska and a new life. Join Sop hie as she searches for her
sisters, brother and father, praying that she will find them and that they will be a family again.
170 pages - $10.75
This is a collection of stories, based on actual experiences and memories of Orphan Train riders. Great for young
adults or adults.
17 pages - $5.50
This is a narrative poem about the life of Andrew Burke, who rode the Orphan Trains to Indiana in 1859 and alter
was a drummer boy in the Union Army at the age of 12. He went on to become the second Governor of North
Dakota.