Samuel Goodrich, the Peter Parley of countless children’s books, recalls growing up in Ridgefield, Connecticut, with its meeting-house, Parson Mead and a cannon-ball left from the Revolution, then his career as a publisher in a country where few would buy an American book. It was adapted for young readers from his longer memoirs.
A charming picture of early American village life and publishing from a pioneer of children’s books. Download the free EPUB.