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Author Fraser, Caroline, author.

Title Prairie fires : the American dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder / Caroline Fraser.

Publisher New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
©2017

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LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
 Camden PL Biography  B Wil    AVAILABLE  
 Auburn PL Nonfiction Stacks  BIO Wilder, Laura Z6455 2017    AVAILABLE  
 Baxter ML Adult Biog.  92 Wil    AVAILABLE  
 Belfast Non Fiction  B WIL    AVAILABLE  
 Brewer Biography  B Wilder    AVAILABLE  
 Curtis ML Adult Non Fiction  Biography 813.52 Wilder fra 2017    AVAILABLE  
 Eastern Maine Comm Coll Stacks  PS 3545 .I342 Z6455 2017    AVAILABLE  
 Ellsworth PL Biography  B WIL f    AVAILABLE  
 Falmouth ML Biography  B Wilder    AVAILABLE  
 Freeport Biography  BIO Wil    AVAILABLE  

Edition First edition.
Physical Description xii, 625 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- On the Frontier -- 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.
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 Using unpublished manuscripts, letters, financial records, and more, Fraser gives fresh insight into the life of a woman beloved to many.
Subject Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Women pioneers -- United States -- Biography.
Pioneers -- United States -- Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life -- United States.
Biographies.