Travelers Five Along Life's Highway

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An Irish ranchman, a traveling clown and a villager faced with an inherited circus belong to the varied company in Annie Fellows Johnston's five American stories. Jimmy, Gid Wiggan, the Clown, Wexley Snathers and Bap. Sloan each receive a separate tale. Their contrasting circumstances give the collection its shape, with the American West among its settings and sympathy for ordinary people running through its character portraits.

The dialogue brings social differences into close view. In one passage, elderly parents arrive hoping to see their son after ten years, only to meet a chilly welcome from his wife. Their lost money and reluctance to ask their daughter for further help turn a family visit into a painful test of pride and kindness. Readers interested in regional speech and the small decisions that reveal character will find those concerns at the heart of these stories.

About the author

Annie Fellows Johnston

Annie Fellows Johnston was an American author of children's fiction. She wrote the popular The Little Colonel series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel; many of the books were illustrated by photographer Kate Matthews.