Marilyn Irvin HoltMarilyn Irvin Holt is an independent historian who has been a consultant for such PBS documentaries as The American Experience. Her previous books include The Orphan Trains, Indian Orphanages, and Children of the Western Plains. Books by the Author Previous slide in carousel Mamie Doud Eisenhower Nebraska during the New Deal Nebraska During the New Deal Cold War Kids Linoleum, Better Babies, and the Modern Farm Woman, 1890-1930 Indian Orphanages The Orphan Trains Next slide in carousel