The Journalist of the Magdalena

An heir of a family defiantly courts the daughter of a European. She is unconventional, mischievous and called a liberal. Tension builds with the family matriarch. Colombia begins another civil war. Influence secures him a position as a war correspondent. Heroics send him to the frontier where he meets someone new. He returns as America demands a Canal. Inspired by the War of the Thousand Days