While fulfilling his dead fathers dream of creating a prosperous farm in California Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his fathers spirit. His brothers & their families share in Josephs prosperity & the farm flourishes
- until one brother scared by Josephs pagan belief kills the tree & brings disease & famine on the farm. Set in familiar Steinbeck country To A God Unknown" is a mystical tale exploring one mans attempt to control the forces of nature & to understand the ways of God."