MacKinlay Kantor

Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed. (imdb)

Since he was a child, Bart Tare has always loved guns. After leaving the army, his friends take him to a carnival... (imdb)

Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle down, he finds a job as a stockboy in the general store of a small town. Trying to fit in, he volunteers to become scoutmaster of the newly formed Troop 1. Becoming more and more involved with the scout troop, he finds his plans to become a lawyer being put on the back burner, until he realizes that his life has been fulfilled helping the youth of the small town. (imdb)

An Iowa druggist becomes embittered when his son's life is cut short during World War II. The grieving father, helped by a friendly spirit, goes on a voyage of discovery and reconciliation.

A farmer's daughter falls in love with a man who fought against her family in the Civil War. (TCM.com)

During the Civil War a beautiful woman helps two Union spies cross into the Confederacy and gather information. (imdb)

The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night. When the train is robbed, everyone thinks that Cotton and Violet were the ones that did the job, but no one has any proof. US Marshal Lloyd Richland comes into town in disguise to find the truth and he finds that the sheriff is corrupt and that the Goss family is gosh darn nice. They take in Richland and a stranded woman named Mary without any questions. (imdb)