When the King family journeyed westward from New York State to Michigan to make a new home, young Charley and his sister Mabel shared the fun and work and adventure of settling in the wilderness and helping it to become a place of homes and neighbors. From the first excitement of deciding to go, packing and setting out, the events and incidents of the story are always interesting. Charley took charge of Grandma's rosewood box on the long journey, but not even he knew all that it contained. When it was lost, his exciting and at last successful search for it was all the more rewarding after the secret came out.

This story will especially delight the many readers who remember The Treasure in the Little Trunk as one of the most satisfying stories of its kind ever written for younger boys and girls. Mrs. Orton has a genuine gift for presenting accurate history in fascinating narrative of human and likable people.

From the dust jacket