Cuộc hành trình hoang dã của một chàng trai bị tước quyền sở hữu đến từ Ohio gặp tình yêu của đời mình, chỉ để có nguy cơ đánh mất cô ấy qua một loạt các quyết định tồi tệ và hoàn cảnh cuộc sống đầy thử thách.
This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. It is a rich story about striving for excellence, the tension of father-son rebellion, and the love of a mother that can never die.
A young intern is drafted and placed in the Army Medical Corps as a buck private and is none too happy about it. Injured, he is placed in the hospital where a Major comes by and explains how army doctors make important advances in medical science. The private is inspired and promises to make a good soldier. He is even more inspired when a nurse becomes his superior officer.