More than sixty years have passed since the red stacks of the Goodrich Transit Company were last seen on Lake Michigan. The last Red Stack steamer was taken out of service in 1933, more than seventy-five years after the Goodrich flag first appeared on the lakes. This is the story of the Goodrich ships, of the ports from which they sailed, and of the men who built and guided them during those glamorous, adventurous, and sometimes tragic years.