The Orphan Home
Flat Rock, Ohio  1910-1916

The Memories of Geneva, New York brothers Laurence K. & John H. Buchholz

Edited by Christine E. Buck and John A. Buchholz

"They tied shipping tags on us. 

Right on our shirt buttons. 
Then John and I got on that train." 

-- Larry Buchholz

       In September, 1910, John and Larry Buchholz—six and eight—were put aboard a Lehigh Valley passenger train in Geneva, New York, for the first leg of a 360-mile journey to an austere Ohio orphanage.

     The Orphan Home is drawn from conversations recorded during the brothers' later years, and delivers captivating, sometimes disturbing, images of an indentured childhood at the Ebenezer Orphan Home in Flat Rock, Ohio. 

      "A remarkable memoir."
                            Richard F. Snow   Editor, American Heritage

  "This story of loss and survival will break
         your heart and inspire you."
                 Robert Morgan   Author NY Times bestseller, Gap Creek

Powerful, nourishing.  It will stay with you."
           Mary Geo Tomion   Director, The Dundee (NY) Library

            "Truly impressive. 
                     This little book is terrific."
                                                 Writer's Digest

   "A true piece of Americana."
           Charles Champlin   Author and film critic