peddlers and peddling

The story of the American pioneers who traveled the United States selling everything from sewing needles to salvation.

As she and a friend are loading a wagon with cookies and fans they have made, a young girl repeats the story of a wondrous Rolling Store that used to come to the country where Granddaddy lived when he was young.

Sixteen-year-old Will Spencer leaves home to become a peddler, but gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to go to Kentucky, steal two slaves, and help them reach their brother in Canada.

Grandpa tells stories of the fruit and vegetable huckster in his childhood neighborhood, a man he learns to appreciate after a rocky start.

A band of mischievous monkeys steals every one of a peddler's caps while he takes a nap under a tree.

The Goodwin family's pioneer home is visited by the traveling peddler, who brings wondrous things and amazing tales from far away.

A peddler who sells caps by balancing them all on his head is invited to do an act in the circus.

A band of mischievous monkeys steals every one of a peddler's caps while he takes a nap under a tree.

Describes the enterprise and commercial development that peddlers brought to the colonies before the establishment of general stores.