Prairie fires : the American dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder / Caroline Fraser.
2017
PS3545.I342 Z6455 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
Prairie fires : the American dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder / Caroline Fraser.
Author
Fraser, Caroline, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781627792769 (hardcover)
1627792767 (hardcover)
1627792767 (hardcover)
Published
New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 2017.
Language
English
Description
xii, 625 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Call Number
PS3545.I342 Z6455 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
813/.52
Summary
"This book, written by the editor of the Library of America edition of the Little House books, is a thoroughly researched biography of not only Laura Ingalls Wilder, but of her daughter, Rose. Using unpublished manuscripts, letters, financial records, and more, Fraser gives fresh insight into the life of a woman beloved to many. Intensively researched, this is definitely a fascinating read, and one that I plan on reading again -- maybe the next time I re-read the Little House series. -- Jennifer Ohzourk for LibraryReads,"--Novelist.
"Millions of readers of Little House on the Prairie believe they know Laura Ingalls--the pioneer girl who survived blizzards and near-starvation on the Great Plains, and the woman who wrote the famous autobiographical books. But the true saga of her life has never been fully told. Now, drawing on unpublished manuscripts, letters, diaries, and land and financial records, Caroline Fraser--the editor of the Library of America edition of the Little House series--masterfully fills in the gaps in Wilder's biography. Revealing the grown-up story behind the most influential childhood epic of pioneer life, she also chronicles Wilder's tumultuous relationship with her journalist daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, setting the record straight regarding charges of ghostwriting that have swirled around the books." -- Publisher's description
"Millions of readers of Little House on the Prairie believe they know Laura Ingalls--the pioneer girl who survived blizzards and near-starvation on the Great Plains, and the woman who wrote the famous autobiographical books. But the true saga of her life has never been fully told. Now, drawing on unpublished manuscripts, letters, diaries, and land and financial records, Caroline Fraser--the editor of the Library of America edition of the Little House series--masterfully fills in the gaps in Wilder's biography. Revealing the grown-up story behind the most influential childhood epic of pioneer life, she also chronicles Wilder's tumultuous relationship with her journalist daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, setting the record straight regarding charges of ghostwriting that have swirled around the books." -- Publisher's description
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [517]-602) and index.
Awards
Pulitzer Prize, 2018.
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Table of Contents
Part I: The pioneer
Maiden rock
Indian summers
Crying hard times
God hates a coward
Don't leave the farm, boys
Part II: The exile
A world made
As a farm woman thinks
The absent ones
Pioneer girl
Part III: The dream
A ruined country
Dusty old dust
We are all here
Sunshine and shadow
There is gold in the farm.
Maiden rock
Indian summers
Crying hard times
God hates a coward
Don't leave the farm, boys
Part II: The exile
A world made
As a farm woman thinks
The absent ones
Pioneer girl
Part III: The dream
A ruined country
Dusty old dust
We are all here
Sunshine and shadow
There is gold in the farm.