
Orphan Train Riders
Entrance Records from the American Female Guardian Society's Home for the Friendless in New York, Volume 2
Tom Riley(Author)
Heritage Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. May 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
286 pages
978-0-7884-3644-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume of records from the â¿¿surrender booksâ¿? of the American Female Guardian Societyâ¿¿s Home for the Friendless in New York spans the years 1880-1930. The books contain records of children being admitted and discharged from the homes. Nearly 250,000 c
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7884-3644-4 (9780788436444)
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When Tom Riley retired from NASA in 2014, he started coaching young people in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). It soon became clear that he must develop a detailed discussion of what they needed to do about our climate crisis and how it will affect their future. This series of fiction books is then his efforts to explain.