A collection of black-and-white photographs that document life in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State in the late nineteenth century; with essays that discuss the life and achievements of photographer Seneca Ray Stoddard.
After his mother is severely injured in an accident and his father kicks him out of the house, thirteen-year-old Travis attempts to survive on his own until he meets a guitar maker and some musicians who take him in and help him regain his confidence so that he can try to patch his family back together.