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IN PIONEER NEBRASKA, A WOMAN LEARDS WHERE NO MAN WILL GO.
Now a major motion picture directed by Tommy Lee Jones, The Homesman is a devastating story of early pioneers in the 1850s American West. It celebrates the ones we hear nothing of: the brave women whose hearts and minds were broken by a life of bitter hardship. A 'homesman' must be found to escort a handful of them back east to a sanitorium.
When none of the county's men steps up, the job falls to Mary Bee Cuddy - ex-teacher, spinster, indomitable and resourceful. Brave as she is, Mary Bee knows she cannot succeed alone. The only companion she can find is the low-life claim jumper George Briggs. Thus begins a trek east, against the tide of colonization, against hardship, Indian attacks, ice storms, and loneliness - a timeless, prize-winning classic told in a series of tough, fast-paced adventues.