From internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier, a riveting drama of a pioneer family on the American frontier
1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck – in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the fifty apple trees required to stake their claim on the property. But the orchard they plant sows the seeds of a long battle. James loves the apples, reminders of an easier life back in Connecticut; while Sadie prefers the applejack they make, an alcoholic refuge from brutal frontier life.
1853: Their youngest child Robert is wandering through Gold Rush California... read more and download
Book Details:
Hardcover, 289 pages
Published March 15th 2016
Original Title At the Edge of the Orchard
ISBN 0525953000 (ISBN13: 9780525953005)
Edition Language English
Characters John Chapman, James Goodenough, Sadie Goodenough, Robert Goodenough, William Lobb
setting Ohio, 1838 (United States), California, 1853 (United States)
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