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Bagnell,Kenneth

The Little Immigrants : The Orphans Who Came to Canada

Macmillan of Canada, 1980

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Year of publication
1980
ISBN
0771595719
Place of printing
Toronto
Author
Bagnell,Kenneth
Publishers
Macmillan of Canada
Edition
1st Can Ed.
Keyword
IMMIGRATION CHILDREN ORPHANS BARNARDO'S HOMES
Cover description
Fine
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

" Between 1870 and the 1930s, more than 80,000 children from the British Isles were sent to Canada. Mainly from the slums, some were orphans, some were taken from families who could no longer provide for them. All were uprooted from familiar surroundings and sent to live amongst a nation of strangers." 271p. plates. bibliography. index. Donor inscription on ffep, else fine.