When a sibling unexpectedly inherits his grandfather's dairy farm, Will
O'Shaughnessy turns to selling Fords in rural, pre-World War I
southwestern Wisconsin. But over the next two decades, even as his
automobile business booms and he raises a family with his true love,
Mary, Will yearns to return to farming. Meanwhile, the small town of
Ashley Springs weathers the war, the booming 20s, prohibition and the
Great Depression. There's family drama in devastating illness and an
estranged, alcoholic brother. Then, as automobile sales plunge in the
deepening 1930s economic crisis, Will sees a reason to finally trade
cars for cows. But can he convince his wife and daughters to follow him
back out of town?