A small but interesting memoir of one orphan train rider, Lee Nailing.In the early 1800's prior to the inception of social services and welfare for the poor, children in urban areas whose parents were either unable or uninterested in keeping them were either abandoned or turned out onto the stree...
An unforgettable true story of an orphan caught in the midst of war Over a million South Vietnamese children were orphaned by the Vietnam War. This affecting true account tells the story of Long, who, like more than 40,000 other orphans, is Amerasian -- a mixed-race child -- with little future i...
He wanted to go, and he was worried about the war, but he was not going to have a chance to say goodbye to Ba, and that was very hard. April 4, his last day in Saigon, was so hot and humid that the children did not go to the roof. Instead, they did their studies inside. The staff kept them there ...
When men went off to war, many women had to take over their roles at home. To help with the war effort, women all over the country pitched in to do what they could. They knitted socks, made clothing and quilts, and gathered and shipped supplies like blankets and towels, soap, rifle cartridges, wr...