A mysterious blind vagrant wanders the streets. Injured Civil War veterans struggle to survive. Radical tramps seize the railroad junction as Enoch Moyer awakes to his first day as an apprentice at a Pennsylvania dry goods store. Removed from school, the fatherless fourteen year old is indentured to work and live for four years in the competitive world of this diverse industrial town. Between a harsh master and a jealous senior apprentice, Enoch's...