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Wanted

Wanted

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Between 1854 and 1929, up to a quarter of a million children from New York City and other Eastern cities were sent by train to towns in the Midwestern and Western states. The orphan trains as they were later known served to remove children from slums and get them off the streets by transporting them to 'good' homes out West. Life in the rural Midwest was deemed better for the children than life in a crowded Eastern city, where epidemics of typhoid, flu, and yellow fever left many children orphaned. But not all the children were orphaned, many were simply abandoned or their parents could no longer take care of them due to poverty or illness. Rather than placing children into the overcrowded and bleak orphanages, the Children's Aid Society placed them out of the area and in a family setting in rural America where they were to be of service to those taking them in. This is the story of eleven year old John who was one of those children.…

Rip - Trust (Completed)

Rip - Trust (Completed)

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Rip is 13 years old. Following the murder of his mother and younger brother by his father he is taken in by his uncle, John Dutton, who vows to do right by him, raising him as his own, in the same manner as he has raised his own at this stage adult children. Rip's arrival at the ranch puts everything in question however and forces John Dutton to reevaluate his way of child rearing and understanding of himself as a father, as his own children find courage to challenge him and reflect on their relationships to each other, their loved ones and ultimately their father. This story is based on some of the storylines, characters and the environment of the "TV Show Yellowstone".…

Rip - Becoming Whole

Rip - Becoming Whole

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Sequel to 'Rip - Trust'. Three years after the murder of his mother and little brother, Rip has finally started to settle into his uncle's home having found security and love. The ghosts of his childhood however are starting to haunt him now even more than ever and in ways that sabotage and undermine his attempt to become a person he himself can respect and love.…