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Set in the late 1870's, a young African American man reluctantly moves from the urban North with his mother and younger brother to join his stepfather, a homesteader in Kansas. While his mother and brother accept the reduced circumstances of their new life, the young man looks upon the primitive one-room sod house, the meager crops, and the endless fields of grass with loathing. Filled with memories of his deceased father and the dreams they shared, he decides to run away and become a cowboy. However, his search for excitement brings trouble and danger as he encounters a host of unsavory characters while testing himself against this brutally unforgiving new landscape.