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What a paragraph. Captures so much about America and a particular decade so well

This is so moving. And so true.

#LittleHouse I can't get enough of this world,and decided to start reading the tagged book.The first chapter in and it's spectacular.I feel sad reading that Laura felt overwhelmed by her memories,but who wouldn't,given a life like that-worst locust plague America had seen till then(twice),the start of the railways,one of the worst winters documented,the Dustbowl,a world war,an unprecedented economic Depression...PHEW

Comprehensive biography of American icon, Laura Ingalls Wilder. A big part of this explores her rocky relationship with her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane (who was kind of terrible). Fantastic read. Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Biography.

#Iconic #MayMoms
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I started this but I‘m not sure I can continue — the blighting of the Native Americans and of the environment with such carelessness is too much to bear right now…

What an incredibly thorough book! This history of Laura Ingalls Wilder lays down the economic, political and ecological story - all the aspects that impacted her and her family in their journey through Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. It starts by telling the history of the Indigenous Dakota people and their tragic removal from their lands. The amount I learnt - I kept going down Google rabbit holes ⬇️

This chunkster is taking me a long time but I‘m really enjoying it. I have “did you know?”ed my husband three times already. 😂😂There is more in here about economics, politics and ecology than I was expecting, which is a pleasant surprise, (it‘s not too scholarly) and I‘m learning a lot about the “old west”.

Happy birthday to me!!! Thank you everyone for the well wishes! These are my gifts to myself ❤❤❤

Started this one last night. I had a form of dyslexia as a child and struggled to learn how to read. My father was determined this wouldn‘t hinder my love of stories. He patiently read the Little House books with me nightly until we had finished them and I had mastered how to read independently. I can‘t wait to learn about Ingalls true story and about the history of her times.

I just found out about this monthly challenge. thought I would try #bookspin and #bookspinbingo out this month. Here is my list.

Do not read

Prairie Fires 🌟🌟🌟🌟 An informative read. I learned a lot about Laura's adult life. Rose Wilder Lane is awful.

Ghost Boy 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Imagine being perfectly healthy one minute, and the next, in a comatose state.

The Only Plane In The Sky🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Heartbreaking! Hands down, one of the best audiobooks I've ever heard.

A Long Way Home🌟🌟🌟🌟 I watched the movie Lion and loved it, the book is better.

#OverbookedClub #Monthofmemoirs @megnews

This was packed with information-from letters, diaries, newspaper clippings and the history of politics and agriculture. It was interesting and somewhat sad but I learned a lot about Laura and her family. I don‘t agree with all her choices but that doesn‘t change how I feel about her books. And Rose...I was both sad for her and her obvious issues and angry with her treatment of people.

Soaking up some sunshine and fresh air on the deck with this book today 🌞 📖

“I was born in a log cabin within...miles of legend-haunted Lake Pepin,” Laura Ingalls Wilder would write.

#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

Here are my selections for the #bookspin

Day 5 of #adventrecommends

A favorite from 2019

I‘m nervous about starting this one, which is what has kept me from picking it up before now. Opinions I‘ve seen range from the “don‘t read this if you love the Little House books” to “one of the best books I‘ve ever read” and I‘m terrified that it‘ll destroy everything I love of Little House and Laura Ingalls Wilder. (But I hope not!)

A biography about Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family. A story about America's expansion west, pioneers, politics, agriculture and hardship. It made me look at her Little House books in a completely different light and now i am going to reread them. Oh and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane definitely was a hot mess!

This biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a #kindledeal today. #kindle #littlehouseontheprairie #ebook

For the “something with history” box in #nonfiction2019. A fascinating -- and heartbreaking -- bio of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the historical evolutions during her life. I knew the children's books she wrote were historical fiction. I never realized just how MUCH fiction. This blew the shine off my kiddy impressions of Wilder -- her real life was much more complicated and difficult. And frankly, I wasn't sure how much I liked her by the end. 👍🏼

Sunday morning is where it‘s at. 👍🏼

Settled in for my hip and happening Saturday night plans — reading. 😎📚Thoroughly enjoying this biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who was even more kickass than I thought. When she married Almanzo in 1885, Laura got the minister to agree not to ask her to obey her husband. IN 1885. 😲🙌🏼

1. Berries, especially spring strawberries ;
2. Tagged - 640 pages- it‘s been too busy a year to read real chunksters;
3. I don‘t read them;
4. Where I am. I‘m happy here. 😀
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

I finished this one today and thoroughly enjoyed it! I consider this a well-rounded biography that focuses on Laura but also covers Rose‘s life and role in her mother‘s writing well. Highly recommended!

#nonfiction #audiobook #LauraIngallsWilder

Pioneer Girl is still sitting unread on my nightstand, but I‘m finally making time to listen to this biography. I‘ve loved the Little House books for a long time and have a lot of respect Laura‘s fortitude. This biography takes away some of the magic of the books (although I was aware of many of these aspects), but as an adult I also love seeing the real strength and struggle behind those stories.

#audiobook #nonfiction #LauraIngallsWilder

1. Join the Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle with completion of Prairie Fires
2. Nothing specific but probably something healthy to start off the new year
3. RBG
4. May
5. Weirdly,no one I know has a birthday in January
#friyayintro @howjessreads
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This was definitely a book about the next line in #whoLivesWhoDies - Who tells your story? Rose Lane shamelessly stole her mother‘s stories for her own fiction, then fought for the rights and income from the Little House books after her mother‘s death. #musicalnewyear @Cinfhen @vivastory

This is my first book finished in 2019. At first I thought Fraser was focusing too much on politics, but it all made sense in the end. She delves deeply into the lives of Laura and Rose, debunking myths and exposing complexities. I would have loved more copies of the photos she describes, but the ones included are interesting. I‘m not sure she ended up liking her subject (and she didn‘t like Lane or McBride!) But that doesn‘t hurt the book. 👇🏻

I had never heard this before. My daughters were both born at Holy Cross. And Mt. Olivet is the big cemetery that everyone knows about there.

Next up on my “it was a Christmas present last year so I ought to read it before this Christmas” list. 🤷🏻‍♀️#somanybookssolittletime

Strong contender for best book I've read in 2018

#bythefire #fallintoreading @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Made Giada DeLaurentis's Turkey Bolognese Sauce using leftover Thanksgiving turkey. I think Laura Ingalls Wilder and her frontier spirit might approve! #nowaste #nonfictionnovember

Really enjoying this look at Laura Ingalls Wilder's real life, not only in a little house on the prarie. Filled with factual and detailed history, this should be required reading. #gift #music #Gratitude30 @hermyknee

“By 1867, there were only fifty Dakota left in Minnesota. That year, a baby girl was born just across the Mississippi, in a little house in the Big Woods.”

#QuotsyNov18 | 4: #Iconic

📷Made with Typorama

Very interesting book that could have been titled as a dual biography of Laura and her daughter Rose, which is fitting because the Little House books could have been offered as having dual authors, Laura and Rose. Both women were talented and complicated and fascinating to read about.

About to start this book. I learned to read with the Little House books and reread each one several times as a child. Looking forward to reading about the real life struggle of this amazing author.

Insightful biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder. I learned a great deal about her historical context—including American Indian histories—and the poverty she suffered for much of her life.

Book Outlet haul

New reading spot with my niece pup. At my sister‘s, she is s reader like me and has a great reading room! #currentread

So I‘ve been having phone issues-my camera broke. I was trying not to make it a big deal but I NEED my camera. Today my wonderful husband got my phone replaced after many other things we tried. I am very thankful! I am also very thankful for this #librarybookhaul 📚📚 I went to get the tagged book which was on hold but then I saw the others! It was like the library read my mind! All books I have been wanting to read!! 💙

Good book if you are interested in Wilder or her times. I was struck by how some of the political rhetoric of her era sounds eerily similar to what we hear today. Very interesting but may leave you somewhat disillusioned if you are emotionally invested in the “good old days” nostalgia of the Little House books or TV show.

I grew up reading the Little House books and loving the world Laura Ingalls Wilder created. I was even Laura for Halloween one year! This books brought new insights about Wilder and her family...a fascinating read that provided depth and context to her life.

First of all, this is a really good book. But more important, this picture of Almanzo Wilder reminds me of someone famous, but I can‘t quite figuring out. Any ideas?

Happy to see a possible connection with Laura Ingalls Wilder!

Laura Ingalls Wilder deserves a tome like the one Caroline Fraser has written about her. But Prairie Fires is about much more than one women. And I found both pros and cons in the book for just that reason. While it never veered “off course,” the path Prairie Fires took was as wide as those fires themselves. It‘s about family, politics, history, and unrelenting poverty. Not quick, but good.

Full review: www.TheBibliophage.com
#thebibliophage2018

So excited to begin reading this historical biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser. Awards: 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography #puliterprize2018 #nbccawards2017 #lauraingallswilder #carolinefraser #sundayreading #womenshistory #littlehouseontheprairie

1. I love macro photos of flowers. Didn‘t take this one but it came up in a search for sunshine! (See no. 4)
2. Meticulous biography of a beloved writer and her truly annoying daughter.
3. How about nonfiction with a medical bent? Memoirs, science-y stuff, anything.
4. It‘s been raining nonstop for days. No end in sight. 😝
5. Gaithersburg Book Festival on Saturday! Anybody going?

#HumpDayPost @MinDea