02251cam a2200397 i 4500 335484749 TxAuBib 20171213120000.0 170808s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017028870 9781627792769 1627792767 (OCoLC)967973350 TxAuBib rda Fraser, Caroline. Prairie Fires : the American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder / Caroline Fraser. First edition. New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 2017. ℗2017. xii, 625 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [517]-602) and index. 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. "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 Using unpublished manuscripts, letters, financial records, and more, Fraser gives fresh insight into the life of a woman beloved to many.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. 20171213. Text in English. BPL: Norman Minsky Fund. Wilder, Laura Ingalls 1867-1957. Lane, Rose Wilder 1886-1968. Authors, American 20th century Biography. Women pioneers Biography. Frontier and pioneer life United States. Biographies.