خلاصه داستان : یک شاعر و معلم تحصیلکرده عاشق زنی جنوبی می شود اما جنگ داخلی و گذشته زن برای او مشکلاتی را ایجاد می کند...

In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.