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Renee Wendinger
Minnesota author, Renée Wendinger, is a history essayist who writes for a wide demographic spectrum of readers. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the NIEA Winner of Excellenc...view moreMinnesota author, Renée Wendinger, is a history essayist who writes for a wide demographic spectrum of readers. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the NIEA Winner of Excellence in history for her published nonfiction, Extra! Extra! The Orphan Trains and Newsboys of New York, and the Pinnacle winner for her historical novella, Last Train Home, an orphan train story.
As an avid historian, Renée has researched the epoch of the largest mass migration of children to occur in American history for decades and is regard as an expert on the subject. Her mother, Sophia (Kaminsky) Hillesheim, 1917 orphan train rider, was one of the children of the orphan trains taking part in a phenomenal journey from New York City to the Midwest. Inspired by her mother, Renée embraces authoritive research with compelling stories from the people who “made history” aboard the orphan trains in her book Last Train Home, an orphan train story.view less
Books by Renee Wendinger
Last Train Home: An Orphan Train Story THE ORPHAN TRAINS and Newsboys of New York Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings