Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index.
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.
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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.