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McGuffey

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It seemed William would probably become a woodsman just like his father. On the rugged Ohio frontier, slinging an ax was more important than reading a book, after all. If William wanted to go to school he would have to walk 11 miles on a rough road--five and a half miles each way. Of course, for that even to be possible, he and his family would have to build the road first.

No wonder William's mother feared her son would never get the chance to be a student. But life held countless surprises...