The Spell of the White Sturgeon

"The Spell of the White Sturgeon" is a thrilling fishing story. It's an incredible coming-of-age story of a young man, Ramsay Cartou, making his way north from Chicago to find work in Wisconsin. Things take a turn when his boat sinks during a storm on Lake Michigan. Ramsay arrives ashore with the help of a horse, ready and excited for the job at a tannery, but cannot force himself to work under the tannery boss. He finds shelter with a farmer and eventually learns to be a fisherman on Lake Michigan.