Cissy Rogers is ready to do anything to save her beloved little library from closure, even to compete for the post of mayor of the southern town of Kettle Knob with the current mayor Boone Braddock, whom she considers a savage, boorish and ignorant. Election struggle in the province is always funny. But the intrigued townspeople of Kettle Knob are about to see an absolutely incredible sight - because during a political battle, the savage Boone passionately falls in love with a pretty rival and begins his powerful campaign to make Sissy not the mayor, but the first lady of the town...