Orphan Train

Five little boys rattled across America in the fall of 1922.  They were part of a remarkable odyssey.  One hundred thousand such children were plucked from the streets of New York City and sent west, to a new life.  Most were the sons and daughters of immigrants, found starving and alone.  The Children’s Aid Society swept them up and shipped them to villages all across the country.  At each stop their arrival was advertised.  Kids trouped off the train, lined up, and couples simply picked the one they wanted.  The brothers had very different experiences, but survived — with the help of each other.