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Orphaned at an early age in Dickensian England, young Jonathan Dalley, a ratcatcher's son, finds himself crossing the broad Atlantic in 1857 on an aged ship, under the spell of two old pirates. On the way he encounters a one-legged man, a long-winded preacher, gypsies, a prostitute, and runaway slaves. His adventures thrust him into the middle of the Civil War and slavery, with all its horrors. Somehow he survives it all and finds what he has been searching for ... the same dream we all chase.

The author grew up in New York City and dreamed of a business career in Manhattan. Moving to Vermont, he finds himself coping with bats, pigs, cows, chickens, goats, and a houseful of active children from across the world, who have become his family. He tells his story through a collection of anecdotes describing life in rural Vermont "on the prettiest dirt road you ever saw" in this often comical, sometimes touching, depiction of his family's life-a completely different future from the one he'd imagined. A must read for anyone who has ever dreamed of coloring outside the lines.