Project Gutenberg 2011-03-07 Public domain in the USA. 59 Allen, Frank Waller 1878 1936 Hood, George 1869 1949 Hood, George W. Hood, G. W. Hood, George Washington The Golden Road Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by D Alexander, Juliet Sutherland, Josephine Paolucci, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Golden Road" by Frank Waller Allen is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in a quaint river town, with a focus on themes of childhood, adventure, and the pursuit of dreams through the eyes of young protagonists, particularly Nance Gwyn and Charles Reubelt King. Their encounters with an enigmatic peddler, Jean François, who embodies a zest for life and poetic spirits, suggest a narrative rich in exploration and imaginative wanderings. The opening of the book introduces us to Nance and Charles as they encounter the captivating Jean François and his whimsical yellow wagon. As they watch the peddler unload his cart, he engages them with his lively spirit, humor, and tales of the road, startling them with his larger-than-life personality. This initial meeting stirs in the children a sense of curiosity and adventure, promising a summer filled with joyous discoveries and the kind of memorable experiences that define youth. With Nance's lively character and the budding friendship between her and Charles, we sense a blossoming narrative centering on innocence, exploration, and the magic of storytelling that connects their small-town life to the wider world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35509/35509-h/images/cover.jpg en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 266811 266663 2024-10-15T06:07:50.334230 2023-09-15T11:28:04.048226 text/html text/html 272363 2011-03-07T11:14:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 439799 2011-03-07T11:17:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 455345 2024-10-15T06:07:55.592227 application/epub+zip 456442 2024-10-15T06:07:51.340180 application/epub+zip 169726 2024-10-15T06:07:50.836196 application/epub+zip 555924 2024-10-15T06:07:59.022171 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527228 2024-10-15T06:07:54.984180 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 241141 2022-09-16T09:25:12.635629 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233796 233691 2024-10-15T06:07:49.543709 2023-09-15T11:28:03.463228 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 233373 2011-03-07T11:11:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 92497 2011-03-07T11:11:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 233380 2011-03-07T11:11:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 92468 2011-03-07T11:11:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21555 2024-10-15T06:07:59.189125 application/rdf+xml 12675 2024-10-15T06:07:50.923163 image/jpeg 2184 2024-10-15T06:07:50.879187 image/jpeg 439909 2024-10-15T06:07:50.369260 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog