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Little Star

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Thu Dec 7, 2017, 01:41 PM Dec 2017

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder...

While I was surfing the net this book caught my attention. Just went on Amazon and ordered myself copy.

The first comprehensive historical biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of the Little House book series

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 story of her life has never been fully told. The Little House books were not only fictionalized but brilliantly edited, a profound act of myth-making and self-transformation. Now, drawing on unpublished manuscripts, letters, diaries, and land and financial records, Caroline Fraser—the editor of the Library of America edition of the Little House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, setting the record straight regarding charges of ghostwriting that have swirled around the books and uncovering the grown-up story behind the most influential childhood epic of pioneer life.

For more, visit the official book website at https://prairiefiresbook.com/ttp://

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Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder... (Original Post) Little Star Dec 2017 OP
This was chosen as one of the 10 best books of 2017,,, Ohiya Dec 2017 #1
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