In Hogarth's original story, you met the men who restored him, as well as, the family who built him. Now, Hogarth is battling the boredom of being a summer home in winter by visiting his past until he is struck by a tornado. As his recovery progresses he returns to the town of Sethsburg where his people do battle with a cholera epidemic, domestic violence, runaway slaves and a pair of bounty hunters determined to find them. All of which the Hogarth family is unwittingly drawn into.