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SL Cabbie
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Date: November 08, 2010 06:42AM
Yeah, the brain cells suffered a slight cramp, but I don't think it was a dunce cap moment... And you missed an opportunity to really nail things down by figuring out where I went wrong instead of just tossing some brickbats... And part of what contributed to my error was a name change...
Yeah, Carol [ine] Ririe Brink authored the "Caddie Woodlawn" books, but the stories were her grandmother's from her childhood in Wisconsin...
Here was what I pulled up from Google when I searched on Caroline Woodhouse... That was the lead my memory had given me...
http://www.dunnconnect.com/articles/2007/06/25/history/history01.txt>"Caddie" Remains Perrenial Favorite
>Just 11 days from today, the Dunn County Historical Society will be searching for look-a-likes of Caroline Augusta Woodhouse — better known as Caddie Woodlawn and members of her family at the celebration of the Fourth of July’s “Freedom Fest” at Wakanda Park. Find your match in the family here.
Way down in the article was...
>Caroline Ryrie Brink, a granddaughter of Caddie and the author of the Caddie Woodlawn books, was wary of using the real names of the characters in the stories. Many names, especially the last names, were changed to avoid any lawsuits. Brink ended up modifying her name to “Carol” and kept that name on the title pages of all of the 31 books she wrote during her lifetime. She was 86 when she died in 1981.
Okay, Mrs. Fox; I corrected things... Now can I go outside for recess?