A Mafia hit-man is enjoying life in St. Paul when two local men kill him and hide his body. Evidence of his murderous history and Mafia connection is placed in a tin box, which is buried in the park of Watkins, a small Minnesota town. For years the Chicago Mob searches for its missing hit-man with little success.Four mischievous boys in Watkins accidentally discover the tin box and their lives are changed forever. The Mafia believes the contents of the box will lead to the identity of the persons who killed their man in St. Paul. Their search for the tin box leads them to the boys' town, followed by violence and murder.The boys' secret knowledge of the box follows them through their growing years while they experience finding love, college, war and death.
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