by Sandra Brennan
synopsis
This family oriented made-for-TV adaptation of a story by Willa Cather, tells the tale of a poor but ambitious young man living in the poor section of Pittsburgh in the early 19th century as he works his way to the highest levels of New York society. Henry Fonda introduces the story.
characteristics
- Class Differences
- Social Climbing
- Society
- Theft
- Thief
- Upward-mobility
- Robber
- Poverty
- Coming-of-age
- Ambitious
- Deprivation
- Heist
