In the mid-19th century, the O'Leary family faces challenges after the patriarch's accidental death. Molly, a laundress, raises her three sons on her own. Jack becomes a lawyer, Dion a gambler, and Bob helps his mother in the laundry business and marries Gretchen.
In Old Chicago
In the midst of pre-Fire Chicago, two brothers, Jack and Dion O'Leary, clash as their diverging moral compasses ignite a passionate struggle.