The Dolan brothers live by their wits, jumping freight trains and lining up for day work at crooked job agencies. While 16-year-old Rye yearns for a steady job and a home, his dashing older brother Gig dreams of a better world, fighting alongside other union men for fair pay and decent treatment. But a storm is coming, threatening to overwhelm them all, and Rye will be forced to decide where he stands. Set against the panoramic backdrop of an early twentieth-century America.