Old Caravan Days
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- First published
- 1884
- Pages
- 112Digital edition
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- 4 of 10
A little about the story
On the fifth of June 1857, the Padgett family sets off in a carriage and a moving-wagon from Ohio, heading west across Indiana. The children, their aunt and Zene the hired man meet a little old man with a bag on his back, stay at taverns and explore an old house with a secret cellar.
Mary Hartwell Catherwood captures the slow, eventful travel of pioneer days in a gentle adventure for children.
Things You May Not Know About Old Caravan Days
- A real journey. The book is set in 1857, when families still crossed the Midwest by wagon.
- Zene, the lame hired man, drives the moving-wagon.
- By a writer known for her historical romances of the American frontier.
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Part of Freebookia's children's classics collection, added November 2026.
