Billy, a streetwise kid from New York City, is sent to Nebraska on the Orphan Train and is taken in by a Swedish family, the Andersons. Initially fearful and resentful, Billy doesn't fit in, and he clashes with his new family and adoptive father. Not until a terrible crisis occurs does Billy realize that, for the first time in his life, he truly belongs and is "Home at Last". Starring Frank Converse, Adrien Brody, Caroline Lagerfelt, Sascha Radetsky. "Good drama for youngsters...a warm and pleasurable journey." -Baltimore Sun - cover. (58 min.).
year: 1991, 2004, 1988
call number/section: 1000
subjects: orphans, drama, orphan trains, closed caption video recordings, farm life, nebraska, fiction
Editions
De Vries, David
Public Media Video (1991)
Story of Billy, a streetwise kid from NYC, sent to Nebraska where he is taken in by a Swedish farm family as part of the historic Orphan Train program of the Midwest at the turn of the century.
Schools: 0
De Vries, David
All Things Family (2004)
A streetwise orphan from New York finds a new life in Nebraska via the Orphan Trains.
Schools: 0
Wonderworks.
Schools: 1
WonderWorks Family Movie (1988)
Billy, a streetwise kid from New York City, is sent to Nebraska on the Orphan Train and is taken in by a Swedish family, the Andersons. Initially fearful and resentful, Billy doesn't fit in, and he clashes with his new family and adoptive father. Not until a terrible crisis occurs does Billy realize that, for the first time in his life, he truly belongs and is "Home at Last". Starring Frank Converse, Adrien Brody, Caroline Lagerfelt, Sascha Radetsky. "Good drama for youngsters...a warm and pleasurable journey." -Baltimore Sun - cover. (58 min.).
Schools: 1