A family struggles with the wrath of the November weather in its attempt to battle
Lake Michigan to transport Christmas trees to the people of Chicago in 1898

SYNOPSIS:

Herman Schueneman brought joy to thousands every Christmas when his ship came in carrying loads of trees.

But late autumn is dangerous on Lake Michigan, as his brother found out years earlier. Now it was Herman’s

turn to face the wrath of an arctic blast. As it was his daughter’s.

The Perfect Storm meets Working Girl

The Great Lakes were known to swallow ships whole from November into April. So it was always a risk to set

sail during the cold months, but the Schueneman’s never shirked at it, because their mission was always to bring

Christmas trees to Chicago – even if they had to pay for it with their lives.