Caroline Takes a Chance is the fourth book in the Caroline series.
Characters[]
- Caroline Abbott
- Seth Whittleslee
- Rhonda Hathaway
- John Abbott
- Mama Abbott
- Grandmother Livingston
- Mrs. Hathaway
- Hosea Barton
- Mr. Tate
Only in Caroline Takes a Chance[]
Chapter by Chapter Summary[]
Chapter One: A Spring Adventure[]
Chapter Two: A Desperate Race[]
Chapter Three: Seth's Decision[]
Chapter Four: Into the Woods[]
Chapter Five: At the Fish Camp[]
Looking Back: Getting Around in 1812[]
Discusses transportation and medicine practices during the 1810s. Topics covered:
- Danger and difficulties involved with traveling
- Native Americans' presence in the frontier
- Limited options for travelers in major American cities of the time, and even more limited options for people living in rural areas
- Weather-related risks travelers faced when sailing by ship, especially during winter
- Traveling by water as the preferred form of travel, in spite of weather risks
- Risks people faced traveling by road, primarily isolation and lack of communication in case of trouble - road travel was only done in the winter, when roads and rivers froze
- The slow pace of news, and mail as a big event in towns
- The role post walkers played in getting news and mail to outlying farms and villages
- The ease at which people could get lost or attacked by wild animals in the forest near Sackets Harbor
- Plants and other natural material from forests needed to make medicine to treat ill and injured family members
- Continued remedies still in use to the present day
Items associated with Caroline Takes a Chance[]
References and Footnotes[]
- ↑ Caroline's Battle, pg. 2: "No, he escaped!" Caroline bounced on her toes. "[...] I found him at his old fish camp! And I helped him walk home last night." The first chapter of Caroline's Battle begins on May 27, 1813.