# The Seven Vagabonds (From "Twice Told Tales")

Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

Genre: Children's Literature

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9213

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Seven+Vagabonds+%28From+%22Twice+Told+Tales%22%29+Hawthorne&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Rambling on foot in the spring of my life and the summer of the year, I came one afternoon to a point which gave me the choice of three directions. Straight before me, the main road extended its dusty length to Boston; on the left a branch went towards the sea, and would have lengthened my journey a trifle of twenty or thirty miles; while by the right-hand path, I might have gone over hills and lakes to Canada, visiting in my way the celebrated town of Stamford. On a level spot of grass, at the foot of the guidepost, appeared an object, which, though locomotive on a different principle, reminded me of Gulliver's portable mansion among the Brobdignags. It was a huge covered wagon, or, more...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seven-vagabonds-from-twice-told-tales-9213/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seven-vagabonds-from-twice-told-tales-9213/chapters/2/index.md)