About the Authors
In 2005, the mother-daughter team of Charlotte M. Endorf and her teenaged daughter, illustrator Sarah M. Endorf, coauthored an inspirational book titled After the Rain, Oh the Beautiful Rainbow!
This book, a heroic true story of a girl living with a tick-borne illness, was inspired by Sarah Endorf's own struggle. In 2006, they created the historical biography Plains Bound: Fragile Cargo to document the real-life stories of the children who rode the Orphan Trains between the years 1854 to 1929. Today the Endorf family dresses in period attire, bringing their Orphan Train books to life at schools, museums, libraries, and town festivals.
About the Illustrator
For eight years illustrator Randel Anderson worked as a pastoral counselor before deciding to pursue a career as an artist. Four years later, he left the world of art, and for the next two decades worked as a financial counselor and also helped his wife, Betty, raise their three children. When Anderson was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, he came to believe that he needed to return to his artwork.
He said he has enjoyed working with the Endorfs and has a great deal of admiration for their commitment to this historic legacy.
By Train They Came
Fragile Excess Baggage - Volume 1
by Charlotte Endorf and Sarah M. Endorf
By Train They Came
Fragile Excess Baggage - Volume 1
by Charlotte Endorf and Sarah M. Endorf
Published Dec 13, 2007
100 Pages
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
Book Details
Climb aboard to hear the true stories of the children who rode the Orphan Train! By Train They Came: Fragile Excess Baggage, Vol. 1 is the perfect adjunct to Plains Bound: Fragile Cargo, which brought us the extraordinary history of the Orphan Train Riders. In this latest ALL COLOR cover to cover work of art, written especially for young people, the Endorfs share even more of the personal stories of the lives touched forever when they were taken by rail to be placed throughout America.
Praise for By Train They Came: Fragile Excess Baggage, Vol. 1 "The message of the lives of the Orphan Train riders is one of endurance, perseverance and survival. In this new book, each story is unique unto itself with a lesson to be learned from each."
- Mary Ellen Johnson, Founder of the Orphan Train Heritage Society of America, Inc., Arkansas
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