Director - Jerry London

Set in the late 19th century this 1995 film is based on a novel. The outdoor adventure chronicles the lives of a city bred woman who forges a new life in the Nebraska wilds with her husband. Adam Storke is Ed Matthews. Also known as A Lantern in her Hand.

Abby (Nancy McKeon) grows up in Ohio dreaming of being an opera singer. She accepts the proposal of Edward (Adam Storke) an aspiring doctor but jilts him to go West with Will (Adrian Pasdar). They settle in Nebraska and have two kids. Ten years pass and the town has grown up and needs a doctor. Who should apply but Edward? He wants Abby back and she's torn. Then the story shifts to questions of whether Will's greed will bankrupt the farm and daughter Isabel will leave for the city to study piano.