CONTENTS

CHAPTER

BOOK ONE

I Which Describes the Journey of Samson Henry Traylor and His Wife
and Their Two Children and Their Dog Sambo through the Adirondack
Wilderness in 1831 on Their Way to the Land of Plenty, and
Especially Their Adventures in Bear Valley and No Santa Claus
Land. Furthermore, It Describes the Soaping of the Brimsteads and
the Capture of the Veiled Bear

II Wherein Is Recorded the Vivid Impression Made upon the Travelers
by Their View of a Steam Engine and of the Famous Erie Canal.
Wherein, Also, Is a Brief Account of Sundry Curious Characters Met
on the Road and at a Celebration of the Fourth of July on the Big
Waterway

III Wherein the Reader Is Introduced to Offut's Store and His Clerk
Abe, and the Scholar Jack Kelso and His Cabin and His Daughter
Bim, and Gets a First Look at Lincoln

IV Which Presents Other Log Cabin Folk and the First Steps in the
Making of a New Home and Certain Incapacities of Abe

V In Which the Character of Bim Kelso Flashes Out in a Strange
Adventure that Begins the Weaving of a Long Thread of Romance