In June 1857 Grandmother Padgett takes the reins of the family carriage and heads west, with young Robert Day Padgett, his even younger aunt Corinne and Zene the lame hired man following in the moving-wagon. Along the road the children meet a mysterious little old man with a bag, the Susan House and its cellar, Quaker Richmond, a great camp meeting and a cry in the night.
A gentle road-trip adventure that brings the old National Road and the Midwest of the 1850s vividly to life for young readers. Download the free EPUB.