Nikki Creswell

During World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a factory job in bustling Detroit. Reluctantly accompanying Colvis is his long-suffering wife, Gertie, a talented woodcarver set in her traditional ways. When the perils of city life and Colvis' reckless squandering of money send the Nevels into precarious financial straits, Gertie starts a business making hand-carved dolls in order to provide for her family.

While coal fires burn beneath a depressed mining town a greedy businessman stops at nothing to buy up the mineral rights.

Güney Carolina'lı Orry Main ile Pennsylvania'lı George Hazard, West Point Askeri Akademisi'nde tanışıp yakın arkadaş olurlar. Ancak Amerikan İç Savaşı patlak verdiğinde, kendilerini ve ailelerini karşıt cephelerde bulurlar. Savaşın zorlu koşullarına rağmen dostluklarını sürdürmeye çalışan ikilinin hikayesi, sadakatin sınırlarını zorlar.