Project Gutenberg 2004-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 57 Catherwood, Mary Hartwell 1847 1902 Old Caravan Days Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Avinash Kothare, Tom Allen, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions. HTML file produced by David Widger "Old Caravan Days" by Mary Hartwell Catherwood is a historical novel set in the mid-19th century, around the year 1857. The story centers on Grandma Padgett and her family as they embark on a journey westward to Illinois, leaving behind their home and friends in Ohio. The narrative captures the challenges and excitement of travel during this time, highlighting themes of change, family ties, and the uncertain promise of new beginnings. At the start of the journey, Grandma Padgett prepares for departure with her grandson Robert Day (Bobaday) and her niece Corinne. The opening chapters depict their bittersweet farewells to neighbors and the emotions tied to leaving their familiar life behind. As they set off, various characters and lively interactions unfold, including encounters with friends and strangers, hints of danger, and lighthearted moments, like Corinne's worries about a mysterious old man with a bag. Grandma Padgett's steadfast determination is a guiding force as they navigate the winding roads towards their new life, facing both trivial and extraordinary adventures along the way. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Adventure stories Camping -- Juvenile fiction Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction Outdoor life -- Juvenile fiction Thieves -- Juvenile fiction Wagon trains -- Juvenile fiction Ants -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 343128 343129 2024-10-03T11:18:08.010108 2023-10-03T09:57:45.375157 text/html text/html 353395 2021-01-27T01:42:55 text/html; charset=utf-8 116907 2021-01-27T01:42:55 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 197665 2024-10-03T11:18:15.862054 application/epub+zip 201440 2024-10-03T11:18:11.175058 application/epub+zip 178120 2024-10-03T11:18:09.921077 application/epub+zip 388938 2024-10-03T11:18:19.541045 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361780 2024-10-03T11:18:15.085046 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333087 2022-09-04T03:32:34.218260 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 287388 287074 2024-10-03T11:18:07.136111 2023-10-03T09:57:44.689139 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 291103 2018-03-08T07:37:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 111309 2018-03-18T14:59:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 287093 2013-04-14T13:24:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 110872 2013-04-14T13:25:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23366 2024-10-03T11:18:19.690037 application/rdf+xml 15927 2024-10-03T11:18:10.478056 image/jpeg 3975 2024-10-03T11:18:10.202060 image/jpeg 193738 2024-10-03T11:18:08.039093 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 en.wikipedia