"A Douglas Gibson book."

No advantages -- The view from Castle Rock -- Illinois -- The wilds of Morris Township -- Working for a living -- Fathers -- Lying under the apple tree -- Hired girl -- The ticket -- Home -- What do you want to know for? -- Messenger.

Fictitious stories about members of the Laidlaw family, from their days in Scotland in the eighteenth century through the lives of some of them in Ontario, following their arrival in Canada in the early nineteenth century.