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Charles Carleton Coffin
Winning His Way
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066162276
Table of Contents
HOW HE LIVED IN THE MEMORY OF HIS FRIENDS.
CHAPTER I.
FIRST YEARS.
Many years ago, before railroads were thought of, a company of Connecticut farmers, who had heard marvellous stories of the richness of the land in the West, sold their farms, packed up their goods, bade adieu to their friends, and with their families started for Ohio.
After weeks of travel over dusty roads, they came to a beautiful valley, watered by a winding river. The hills around were fair and sunny. There were groves of oaks, and maples, and lindens. The air was fragrant with honeysuckle and jasmine. There was plenty of game. The swift-footed deer browsed the tender grass upon the hills. Squirrels chattered in the trees and the ringdoves