tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post5503786825071976443..comments2024-03-18T20:00:47.729-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Mothers and DaughtersSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-21808780457674215992011-04-19T10:31:46.006-05:002011-04-19T10:31:46.006-05:00I agree, Jenclair, and wonder why relatively so fe...I agree, Jenclair, and wonder why relatively so few novelists have covered the orphan trains. Maybe I've just missed them, but it's only in the last couple of years that I'm even much aware of that whole thing.<br /><br />I've read that some of the children were transported into Canada (that makes geographic sense to me) and into Mexico (why so far south, I wonder).<br /><br />Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-34117882350312652902011-04-19T10:16:24.689-05:002011-04-19T10:16:24.689-05:00Last year I watched The Orphan Trains, a documenta...Last year I watched <a href="http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/American_Experience_The_Orphan_Trains/70049883?trkid=490909#height1591" rel="nofollow">The Orphan Trains</a>, a documentary about this episode in our history and reviewed it on my blog. It was a fascinating account of the origin, purpose, and results of the trains that carried New York Orphans across the country. I would think there jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com