By the mid-1800s, the streets of New York City were home to several thousand abandoned and orphaned children. Relief came when the Children's Aid Society was established in 1853. Orphans were gathered and sent west by train. Rev. Clarke entered the employ
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Clark Kidder's grandmother, Emily Reese, was sent west on an orphan train with Rev. H. D. Clarke in 1906, so he came by his interest in this topic quite naturally. Mr. Kidder is the author of three previous books: Marilyn Monroe UnCovers, Marilyn Monroe - Cover to Cover, and Marilyn Monroe Collectibles, 1999. When Mr. Kidder is not writing, he and his wife and two sons farm two hundred acres in Wisconsin.
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