No one would accuse 11-year-old Caddie Woodlawn of being dainty and ladylike. In spite of her mother’s best efforts, Caddie is as wild as the wind, playing freely and rambunctiously with her two brothers in the Wisconsin backwoods. There are rafts to build and trees to climb and pranks to play. Caddie especially likes to watch her friend Indian John build birchbark canoes at the river.
Every day seems wide with possibility - as wide as the frontier. But living on the edge of civilization has its risks, too. And when Indians threaten to attack the settlers, it is Caddie’s resourcefulness and bravery that save the day.
The author, Carol Ryrie Brink - granddaughter of the real Caddie Woodlawn - based her book on the true stories her grandmother used to tell her about growing up on the frontier.
©1962 Carol Ryrie Brink (P)1994 Recorded Books, LLC
"As Good as Children's Stories Come"
This is a compelling story about a girl in frontier Wisconsin. Caddie Woodland is a plucky little girl who loves adventure.
It tells of a time and place that was good in America, worth remembering ans some of it worth recreating,
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