Overview

This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850s. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka. They have six children. They prosper in the husband's boat-building business. But when their eldest is 12, tragedy strikes the family, and the 12-year-old is burdened with a terrible task which he handles as well as any adult could.

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Cast

Glynis Johns

Jo Eunson

Cameron Mitchell

Robert Eunson

Rex Thompson

Robbie Eunson

Patty McCormack

Annabelle Eunson

Ernest Truex

Doctor Delbert

Hope Emerson

Mrs. Pubmeister

Alan Hale Jr.

Tom Cullen

Sylvia Field

Lelia Delbert

Royal Dano

Howard Tyler

Reta Shaw

Mrs. Runyon

Stephen Wootton

Jimmy Eunson

Tom Nolan

Kirk Eunson