Emma's Waterloo is based on actual events. Love, jealousy, and murder shake the small rural community of Waterloo, Michigan, on May 31, 1896. Emma, a young and beautiful woman of 19, agonizes as her purported affianced relationship with Lewis rapidly disintegrates during the preceding winter months. Lewis's growing reliance on alcohol transforms his demeanor from kind to belligerent. His increasingly boorish behavior pushes Emma away and...