A 168-page hardcover book providing insights into the heroic Orphan Train Movement of the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly as it relates to the 2,000-plus babies and young children who were sent to Louisiana from the New York Foundling. It provides information about the Sisters of Charity who cared for the orphans and the foster parents who took them in. It reveals the socio-economic conditions in New York City that gave rise to the need for numerous orphanages. Illustrated with maps and 24 pages of pictures of the orphans at various ages and of the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum.