Phillip Alford

In a dusty Southern town during the Great Depression, a white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him—except Atticus Finch. Finch's compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two children.

A Virginia farmer's son is taken prisoner during the Civil War and he must venture out on the killing fields to find him.