Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, this is the story of the waning days of the frontier West.
Epos o pšenici Séria
Táto rozsiahla sága sleduje osudy farmárskej rodiny a vzostup a pád ich poľnohospodárskeho impéria v Spojených štátoch. Príbeh sa ponára do ekonomických a sociálnych zmien na prelome 19. a 20. storočia, najmä do lukratívneho, ale nebezpečného obchodu s obilím. Autori majstrovsky zachytávajú ambície, zradu a boj o prežitie v drsnom svete amerického Západu.
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