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Author Magnusson, Anna.

Title The Quarriers story : one man's vision that gave 7,000 children a new life in Canada / Anna Magnusson.

Publication Info. Toronto [Ont.] : Dundurn, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations, facsimile, map, portraits
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note "With a foreword by Magnus Magnusson"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index.
Contents Foreword; 1 Beginnings; 2 'Like Moses of Old'; 3 Depriving the Poorhouse; 4 A Children's City; 5 The Golden Bridge; 6 The Little Emigrants; 7 The Pioneer; 8 Cottage Life; 9 Changes; 10 After the Orphans; 11 Crisis; 12 The End of an Era; 13 Tackling Change; 14 Beyond the Village; 15 Past Wrongs; 16 Roots; 17 The Never-ending Story; Bibliography; Index.
Summary Between 1872 and 1933, William Quarrier sent thousands of destitute children from Glasgow's slums to Canada, where they often faced hard labour and loneliness.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Quarrier, William, 1829-1903.
Quarrier, William, 1829-1903.
Quarriers (Organisation)
Quarriers (Organisation)
Quarrier's Village (Orphanage)
Quarrier's Village (Orphanage)
Quarrier, William, 1829-1903.
Quarriers (Organisation)
Quarrier's Village (Orphanage)
Quarrier, William, 1829-1903.
Quarrier's Village (Orphanage)
Quarriers (Organisation)
Home children (Canadian immigrants)
Home children (Canadian immigrants)
Child welfare -- Scotland -- History.
Child welfare.
Scotland.
History.
Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
Canada.
Emigration and immigration.
Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
Great Britain.
Indexed Term Scotland Welfare services for children: Quarrier's Homes, history
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Magnusson, Anna. Quarriers story. Toronto, ON : Dundurn, 2006 1550026550 9781550026559 (DLC) 2007405408 (OCoLC)70231787
ISBN 9781554883486 (electronic book)
1554883482 (electronic book)
9781459712423 (electronic book)
1459712420 (electronic book)
1550026550
9781550026559
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