In A Journey Through Childhood the author leaves behind Lydia Clark, a young widow, and her husband, George, who disappeared mysteriously. Their ten-year-old eldest son, Orrin, now becomes the centerpiece. He is indentured to Billy Blinn, a pioneer farmer on Willsborough Point whose family embraces him as one of their own children. In return for food, clothing and a home to live in he apprentices as a farmer until he reaches his majority at age twenty-one. The story portrays Orrin within the context of life on The Point, and the daily events that took place there, as well as the impact that events in the broader arena, including the War of 1812, had upon Orrin Clark and the Blinn family. 

FOREWORD    i
PREFACE: Our Journey Continues Beyond the Long Trek North    1
CHAPTER ONE: New Life on the Point    9
CHAPTER TWO: Young Orrin’s future    21
CHAPTER THREE: A Home of Warmth and Love    27
CHAPTER FOUR: The Brilliance of Autumn    41
CHAPTER FIVE: Bitter Winds and Snow Arrive    51
CHAPTER SIX: Sugaring Time    63
CHAPTER SEVEN: Planting Season Is upon Us    73
CHAPTER EIGHT: The Onerous Task of Making Soap    83
CHAPTER NINE: The Bounty of the Earth    87
CHAPTER TEN: Summer Antics    95
CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Harvest    99
CHAPTER TWELVE: Faith of Their Forebears    103
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: School Days for Orrin    113
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Peace and Prosperity    129
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Still Safe on the Homefront    141
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: A Cloud of War Hangs Around Us    155
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: War    167
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Let There Be Peace    177
CHAPTER NINETEEN: 1816 — a Year of Pain and Anguish    185
CHAPTER TWENTY: Land Dealings    201
BIBLIOGRAPHY    213
INDEX    231
GLOSSARY OF UNUSUAL TERMS    235
ABOUT THE AUTHOR    237
ABOUT TBR BOOKS    239
ABOUT CALEC    241
THE CLARK COLLECTION    243