High, Wide and Handsome 1937 The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when their wagon catches fire, they find themselves stranded Theyre taken in by Mrs Cortlandt and her grandson, Peter, who is trying to set up a pipeline that will supply oil throughout the state Sally and Peter soon fall in love and marry Neither their marriage nor Peters pipe dreams flow too smoothly