Barry J. Miller

"The Work and The Glory: American Zion" sets the story of the fictional Steed family against the historically factual backdrop of the Mormon people's move into the West. Divided by their diverse reactions to a nascent ideology, the Steeds struggle to hold together as the strength of their convictions and their filial bonds are tested. The stirring narrative of the faith that led a persecuted people to Missouri and beyond is one of the most poignant untold tales of American history. It is the account of a valiant struggle to exercise the rights promised by a fledgling nation. "The Work and the Glory: American Zion" unearths the story of the passion behind the movement which eventually launched the largest American migration and the colonization of the West: the vision of a promised land in America.

舞台は南北戦争の時代。北軍の大佐ショーは初めての黒人部隊の指揮官となった。兵士の大多数は南部からの脱走奴隷だったが、ショーは彼らに誇りと熱気を感じていた……。男たちの栄光を描く感動巨編。