The story of the 100,000 impoverished children who travelled from the British Isles to Canada to solve the farm labour shortage.

History of "Home children," children who were sent from child-care organizations in Britain to Canada to work on farms.

The story of the 100,000 impoverished children who travelled from the British Isles to Canada to solve the farm labour shortage.

`A coherent and lively tale that traces in considerable detail the evolution of Canadian immigration policy.' Christopher G. Anderson, Journal of Canadian Studi

A history of the tens of thousands of children who emigrated from Britain, from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, to become home children in Canada.