Wealth and Privilege

Money. Family. Love. Hate. Obsession. Duty. Politics. Religion - or the lack thereof. Sex -- or, once again, the lack thereof. Thomas Baldwin finds himself married to a woman he can't stand, while head-over heels in love with another woman he can't have. Talk about bad planning. As if the twists and turns of his personal life don’t create enough tension, an unending string of disasters - the railroad riots of 1877, the creation of the Homestead Steel Works, the assassination of President Garfield, and the Johnstown Flood – keep him wondering if his life will ever stop spiraling out of control. Only his muse – lovely, warm, and heartbreaking – gives him the maddening feel that perhaps there is a way off the rollercoaster.