Food is lacking in variety, especially in the winter.Until then, escaped slaves could be sold back to the south.
The big struggle at Port Sumter marked a turning point in the Civil War, when secessionists started to lose. The war officially began April 12 in Charleston.
The American Civil War started in 1861 and lasted until 1865. 1861 is the flashback story within a story. The grandparents’ house is like going back in time, with the metonym of a black iron range standing for the earlier era. There never was much to it but showed some progress after the Civil War, with a saddle factor, cigar plant, gun shops, brick works. ‘The War’ just as often refers to the Civil War. They anticipate restrictions on travel once that happens. Americans know it’s just a matter of time before they get caught up in it. The local team is called The Browns (and was only later the Baltimore Orioles). See: The Symbolism Of The River In Storytelling. Stories with rivers are generally about journeys. There are a lot of flat tyres - four in one day is not unusual. You have to crank it up and the windshield isn’t up for city driving. 
Only the upper middle class can afford them (hence the narrator is the son of a doctor). Fuel is to be strapped onto the car itself because there aren’t many fuel stations around yet.
For example, cracking a raw egg into the radiator so it would hard-boil and seal any leaks. “It was a big thing to drive a car out of town.” They’re not yet very reliable so preparation for a long trip is important.
Cars are a big deal to a young boy because unlike today you don’t see them any old where. See: Maryland Avenue today. (Peck tends to center his stories in Illinois, and most often in Southern Illinois.) The family lives on Maryland Avenue in the West End. There are historical notes in the back of The River Between Us but unless you’ve been through the American education system and already know quite a bit about the Civil War and the history of New Orleans, I’d recommend flipping to that first.
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