Waves of immigration had made New York City's streets home to thousands of destitute children. Beginning in 1853 and for the next seven decades, the Children's Aid Society transported trainloads of "orphans" to farms and ranches on the American frontier ... New Ork City, 1871. Fourtenn-year-old Dane Weston comes home to an empty apartment. A gang of teenage boys has murdered his family, shattering his dream of becoming a doctor. Dane's new occupation is begging for food. Worse things await - misunderstandings, imprisonment and separation from his pretty orphan friend, Tharyn. The gentle breezes of the country seem worlds away, but they still sigh the poor boy's name.