Surviving on a dirt-poor farm in 1850s Nebraska tests Paul Steele's confidence in himself. His deceitful younger brother lives on the fertile and thriving family farm while Paul struggles to raise a family in a sod hut. Paul and his wife, Ana, meet adversity head-on and teach their children the value of honesty, loyalty and dedication. Their eldest son, Simon, learns from the hardships and triumphs, but his best friend, Buell, is very different. Yet their loyalty to each other is unshakable. And that loyalty will be sorely tested. Carlisle does not simply tell you about life on the Western frontier, it takes you there.