Of course even in the 1850s life had its pressures and stresses. John Smith has had enough, both of his loveless marriage and his kowtowing Managing Editor job for his father-in-law, industrialist and owner of the Bridgesport Sentinel. He decides to drop it all and take up light house duty. But maybe it's not his surroundings so much, he begins to find, as himself. An aspiring scholar, John has included Buddhist sutras among his studies. He uses these...