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"...a fully realized treasure," US Review of Books William Walters was one of the last children to ride the American Orphan Trains that transported 250,000 children from the East Coast into the emerging West from 1854 through the early 1930s. Homeless at age four, William found an extraordinary path through nine decades of U.S. and world history.

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SHORTLISTED, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS, CREATIVE NONFICTIONWINNER, DA VINCI EYE AWARD FOR COVER DESIGN, THE ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARDSHONORABLE MENTION, E-BOOK NONFICTION, THE ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARDSFINALIST, MEMOIRS (Overcoming Adversity), THE NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDSFINALIST, E-BOOK NONFICTION, THE NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDSFrom 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.

Author Biography

Victoria Golden is a former public relations writer, editor, and book reviewer, and she is the author of Independent Photography with photographer Robert Foothorap and The Readers' Choice: 200 Book Club Favorites. She lives with her husband in the northern California wine country, where she currently writes fiction.

Details ISBN0999768506 Author William Walters Pages 374 Publisher Victoria Golden Year 2018 ISBN-10 0999768506 ISBN-13 9780999768501 Format Paperback Imprint Victoria Golden Subtitle A Memoir Affiliation Carleton University Canada Publication Date 2018-07-01 Illustrations 20 Illustrations Short Title A Last Survivor of the Orphan Trains Language English UK Release Date 2018-07-01 Audience General We've got this

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