A farmer, forced to sell his farm and all his animals during a drought, learns to recreate the past and foretell the future using the hedge that grows in front of his cottage.
Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys, and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.
While traveling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig in memory of the girl whose death he caused, sixteen-year-old Brian finds forgiveness and atonement.
Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.
When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled home, he tells her the story of his childhood in Italy and immigration to America using his collection of mementoes stored in matchboxes.