In 1866, shortly after the Civil War ended, a group of southerners leave by ship for Brazil from Baltimore, Maryland. Kate Teal, an atypical woman for the time, joins the group to start a new life. John Foster, a conventionalist, scouts the hinterlands of Brazil for a place to establish a farm or lumbering enterprise and a place to settle his family. The story follows Kate and John as a myriad of personalities move through their lives. Descriptions...