The Saddlebag Preacher of Pike County

Adventure. Love. Tragedy. Redemption.

Fresh out of college, young Rev. Jacob Chandler is assigned to travel a preaching circuit near his childhood home in southern Ohio. Growing up on a farm, Jacob had been shielded from many of the harsh realities of the day, which he now encounters. He learns quickly about the difficult, sometimes tragic, lives of the people who make their living on the Ohio Canal. Invited to minister regularly to "travelers" at a nearby stop on the Underground Railroad, h...