Die Familie Kilcher lebt seit drei Generationen in den Weiten des US-Bundesstaats Alaska. Diese Serie begleitet die Familie um den Patriarchen Atz Kilcher und dokumentiert das Leben in der dortigen Gemeinschaft.

A lusty frontier saga about a pioneer woman and her love for her family, the man she marries, and the land on which she lives, dramatized from Conrad Richter's Pulitzer Prize-winning trilogy: 'The Trees;' 'The Fields;' and 'The Town.' The series originally aired on NBC in three installments from February 19 to February 21, 1978 and stars Elizabeth Montgomery and Hal Holbrook.