About the Book: Orphan Train
Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of
the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned
children whose fates would be determined by pure luck. Would they be adopted by
a kind and loving family, or would they face a childhood and adolescence of hard
labor and servitude? As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was one such child,
sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning
east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast of
Maine, the memories of