Author John Jakes's sweeping Civil War saga chronicles the fortunes of two close-knit families -- the Hazards, a family of Northern industrialists, and the Mains, owners of a Southern plantation. Against great odds, both families strive to preserve their close friendship while the nation is being torn apart by war. Patrick Swayze, Kirstie Alley, Georg Stanford Brown, David Carradine, Lesley-Anne Down and Robert Mitchum star.