Movies and TvShows featuring "settlement-destroyed" theme.
Lucy Whipple, a young girl, moves with her family to a wild western town after the death of her brother. She struggles to adapt to her new life and faces challenges including racial prejudice, a murder trial, and her mother's abusive husband. Along the way, she finds solace in books and storytelling.
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Jack Standish feels responsible for the failure of the partnership with his father and goes to the South Seas where he falls prey to alcohol, is seduced by Lullaby Lou, a vamp, and tricked by a brutal plantation owner, Gordon Van Brock.
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