Lowry is the true story of a creative, hard-working and deeply spiritual man whose life spanned the latter third of the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century. The main character, for most of his life, was a solitary man with a passion for work and faith. At age three, he lost most of his family to disease. He was a pioneer in the field of printing, and averted a friend's deportation through a most honorable and unusual deed. Later in life he abandoned his solitude to have a loving family of his own. In the end, his passion for printing cost him his life.