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BAGNELL, KENNETH The Little Immigrants: The Orphans Who Came to Canada
Toronto Canada, Macmillan of Canada. 1980. (ISBN: 0 7715 9571 9) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clear Brodart-protected jacket, Brown boards, gilt stamped lettering; page edges toned; fading to cover edges; neat name on front endpaper. Pictorial dust jacket; slight edgewear, 1/2" tear to back top edge. Very clean, sound copy. 271 pages including; very detailed Index and Bibliography; Notes. Illustrated with black and white reproductions of contemporary photographs and documents. The story of the British children who, between 1870 and the depression of the 1930s, travelled to make a new life in Canada - many of them through the endeavours of Dr Barnardo. Most of the "home children" were placed with farm families to work in the fields, playing a part in opening the land for the new nation. Their stories recount in vivid and poignant details their experiences of being uprooted and sent to live among strangers. Very Good/Very Good.
Offered for US$ 18.00 by: Literacy Nanaimo - Book number: 003646
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