The Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed, 1853-1929

A history of the Children’s Aid Society focuses on the orphan trains, which, between 1853 and 1929, sent some 250,000 abandoned children from New York City into the homes of families in the rural Midwest, describing the fates–for good or ill–of the youngsters who were part of this controversial child welfare program.