Prairie fires : the American dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder / Caroline Fraser, Monographie imprimée
Language: anglais.Country: GrandeBretagne.Publication : London : Fleet, 2017Description: 1 vol. (X - 625 pages),16 pages illustrées : illustrations, carte, portraits ; 24 cmISBN: 978-0-7088-9869-7; 0-7088-9869-6; 978-0-7088-9868-0; 0-7088-9868-8.Dewey: 813/.52, 23Contents note: 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 Epilogue Abstract: $a"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 Now, drawing on unpublished manuscripts, letters, diaries, and land and financial records, Caroline Fraser--the editor of the Library of America edition of the Little House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: Bibliogr. p. 517 - 602. Index..Subject - Personal Name: Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957 | Lane, Rose Wilder, 1886-1968 Subject - Topical Name: Écrivains américains 20e siècle | Pionnières -- États-Unis Biographies Subject - Geographical Name: États-UnisItem type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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810.97 COF American folklore | 810.97 DOR American folklore | 810.97 FIN Panorama de la littérature fantastique américaine | 810.97 FRA Prairie fires | 810.97 GRA The Literature of memory | 810.97 HAR The popular book | 810.97 HAR The popular book |
"First published in the United States in 2017 by Metropolitan Books"--Title page verso
Bibliogr. p. 517 - 602. Index.
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 Epilogue
$a"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