Frustrated with life in the tenements generally and the negative influences on his children specifically, a father decides to move his family to the country, where they live off the land and breathe fresh air. - Summary by David Gore
Chapters
1 PREFACE 2 min 2 CHAPTER I A PROBLEM 13 min 3 CHAPTER II I STATE THE CASE 10 min 4 CHAPTER III NEW PROSPECTS 5 min 5 CHAPTER IV A MOMENTOUS EXPEDITION 7 min 6 CHAPTER V A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS IN A CITY FLAT 8 min 7 CHAPTER VI A BLUFF FRIEND 9 min 8 CHAPTER VII MR. JONES SHOWS ME THE PLACE 10 min 9 CHAPTER VIII TELLING ABOUT EDEN 6 min 10 CHAPTER IX BREAKING CAMP 6 min 11 CHAPTER X SCENES ON THE WHARF 9 min 12 CHAPTER XI A VOYAGE UP THE HUDSON 11 min 13 CHAPTER XII A MARCH EVENING IN EDEN 11 min 14 CHAPTER XIII RESCUED AND AT HOME 14 min 15 CHAPTER XIV SELF-DENIAL AND ITS REWARD 14 min 16 CHAPTER XV OUR SUNNY KITCHEN 10 min 17 CHAPTER XVI MAKING A PLACE FOR CHICKENS 8 min 18 CHAPTER XVII GOOD BARGAINS IN MAPLE SUGAR 6 min 19 CHAPTER XVIII BUTTERNUTS AND BOBSEY'S PERIL 11 min 20 CHAPTER XIX JOHN JONES, JUN 10 min 21 CHAPTER XX RASPBERRY LESSONS 11 min 22 CHAPTER XXI THE ''VANDOO'' 11 min 23 CHAPTER XXII EARLY APRIL GARDENING 14 min 24 CHAPTER XXIII A BONFIRE AND A FEAST 13 min 25 CHAPTER XXIV ''NO BLIND DRIFTING'' 6 min 26 CHAPTER XXV OWLS AND ANTWERPS 7 min 27 CHAPTER XXVI A COUNTRY SUNDAY 7 min 28 CHAPTER XXVII STRAWBERRY VISIONS AND ''PERTATERS'' 9 min 29 CHAPTER XXVIII CORN, COLOR, AND MUSIC 8 min 30 CHAPTER XXIX WE GO A-FISHING 8 min 31 CHAPTER XXX WEEDS AND WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE 14 min 32 CHAPTER XXXI NATURE SMILES AND HELPS 10 min 33 CHAPTER XXXII CHERRIES, BERRIES, AND BERRY-THIEVES 10 min 34 CHAPTER XXXIII GIVEN HIS CHOICE 11 min 35 CHAPTER XXXIV GIVEN A CHANCE 15 min 36 CHAPTER XXXV WE SHALL ALL EARN OUR SALT 12 min 37 CHAPTER XXXVI A THUNDERBOLT 7 min 38 CHAPTER XXXVII RALLYING FROM THE BLOW 18 min 39 CHAPTER XXXVIII AUGUST WORK AND PLAY 10 min 40 CHAPTER XXXIX A TRIP TO THE SEASHORE 12 min 41 CHAPTER XL A VISIT TO HOUGHTON FARM 11 min 42 CHAPTER XLI HOARDING FOR WINTER 12 min 43 CHAPTER XLII AUTUMN WORK AND SPORT 27 min 44 CHAPTER XLIII THANKSGIVING DAY 6 min 45 CHAPTER XLIV WE CAN MAKE A LIVING IN EDEN 6 min
