Chapters 1-2 Summary and Analysis

It was September 4, 1927, when the pack train left Eagle for Chicken, Alaska. The trip is a four-day trip by horse and Anne is a little nervous about the horse, Blossom, that she will be riding. Mrs. Rooney and Mr. Strong tell her that she will be fine. She has to pay ten dollars per day for the trip which includes meals. Mr. Strong helps her into the saddle and adjusts the stirrups for her. He will have a smaller saddle for her when they reach Liberty.

Anne met many of the people traveling in the pack train at the party the night before. The people are all calling her Teacher since she is going to Chicken to teach. The pack train begins to move under the leadership of Mr. Strong. She has been treated like a raving beauty during...