The dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adulthood at the turn of the century.
January 2, 1889 in Lima, Ohio, USA
4 September 1876, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
10 February 1897, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
6 February 1911, Tampico, Illinois, USA
8 February 1916, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
12 February 1883, Léka, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Lockenhaus, Burgenland, Austria]
June 2, 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA
12 August 1926, Seattle, Washington, USA
June 22, 1905 in Columbia, Tennessee, USA
November 3, 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA
21 February 1915, Denton, Texas, USA
February 1, 1881 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
December 9, 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA
September 5, 1890 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
22 December 1889, Marianna, Arkansas, USA
19 June 1877, Savannah, Georgia, USA
28 May 1887, New York City, New York, USA
February 22, 1883 in Berlin, Germany
October 20, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
29 July 1876, Tula, Russian Empire [now Russia]
29 December 1892, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
January 27, 1896 in Ballinamore, County Leitrim, Ireland
19 January 1866, New York City, New York, USA
4 October 1929, Oakland, California, USA
6 April 1918, Berlin, Germany
20 August 1884, Sandusky, Ohio, USA
December 30, 1912 in Everett, Washington, USA
September 24, 1876 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
