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"a boy at end if 19th century america, growing up with his family. They lived on the edge/just out of a small town. He saved $5 for a bicycle. had adventures, they made ice cream with salt in a metal pot, had an older sister who was blinded? it was a series It was written before the 1970s. The boy was the protagonist. He was naughty."