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Man of the Lakes Faces Storm and Family Plots
In a Chicago storm story, Benjamin Corvet, a shipowner near Lake Michigan, quarrels with partner Spearman at the Fort Dearborn club over control of ships and finances. Corvet, agitated by the raging weather, confronts Constance Sherrill and urges her not to marry Spearman. He exits into the blizzard, heading toward the lake as tensions mount over inheritance and a looming crisis in the shipping empire.
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Lake Michigan
Lake Sinperior
Straits of Mackinac
Detroit
Buffalo
Venota
Grant
Susan Hart
Straits
Chicago
Fort Dearborn
Lake
Sherrill
Young Spearman
Corvet
Spearman
Garret
Lence
Constance
Garvet
Ordina
Carvel
Ife
Coryet
Michigan Avenue
Tie
Miss Sheril
Sherrill House
Constance Sherrill
Uncle Benny
Connie
Benny
Father
Astor Street