This is a true story. Following the Scottish Highland Clearances, Teenage brothers John and Murdoch Munro headed south across the desolte mountainous regions. Thier plan was to go Lowlands and seek their fortune. Witht he help of mysterious invidual, both suceeded beyond their wildest dream. However, their voyage through life was not an easy one. The opposing experiences of Joy and Sorrow were not strangers to them.