A Last Survivor of the Orphan Trains, A Memoir

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Biography & Memoir
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Author: William Walters, Victoria Golden ISBN: 9780999768518
Publisher: Orphan Books Publication: July 11, 2018
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: William Walters, Victoria Golden
ISBN: 9780999768518
Publisher: Orphan Books
Publication: July 11, 2018
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

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From 1854 to the early 1930s, the American Orphan Trains transported 250,000 children from the streets and orphanages of the East Coast into homes in the emerging West. Unfortunately, families waiting for the trains weren't always dreams come true–many times they were nightmares.

William Walters was little more than a toddler when his sister deposited him and his brother on an Orphan Train heading to destinations unknown. Separated from his brother and handed over to a cruel New Mexico couple, William faced a terrible trial. Through his strength and resilience, however, his life became a remarkable adventure.

Whether he was escaping his abusers, jumping freights as a preteen during the Great Depression, infiltrating Japanese-held islands as a teenage Marine during World War II, or courting the woman with whom he would finally build a loving home, William's astonishing quest paralleled the tumult of the twentieth century–and personified the American Dream.

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SHORTLISTED, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS, CREATIVE NONFICTION
WINNER, DA VINCI EYE AWARD FOR COVER DESIGN, THE ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARDS
HONORABLE MENTION, E-BOOK NONFICTION, THE ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARDS
FINALIST, E-BOOK NONFICTION, THE NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS
FINALIST, MEMOIRS (Overcoming Adversity), THE NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS

From 1854 to the early 1930s, the American Orphan Trains transported 250,000 children from the streets and orphanages of the East Coast into homes in the emerging West. Unfortunately, families waiting for the trains weren't always dreams come true–many times they were nightmares.

William Walters was little more than a toddler when his sister deposited him and his brother on an Orphan Train heading to destinations unknown. Separated from his brother and handed over to a cruel New Mexico couple, William faced a terrible trial. Through his strength and resilience, however, his life became a remarkable adventure.

Whether he was escaping his abusers, jumping freights as a preteen during the Great Depression, infiltrating Japanese-held islands as a teenage Marine during World War II, or courting the woman with whom he would finally build a loving home, William's astonishing quest paralleled the tumult of the twentieth century–and personified the American Dream.

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