Author: Wendy McClure
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101486538
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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For anyone who has ever wanted to step into the world of a favorite book, here is a pioneer pilgrimage, a tribute to Laura Ingalls Wilder, and a hilarious account of butter-churning obsession. Wendy McClure is on a quest to find the world of beloved Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder-a fantastic realm of fiction, history, and places she's never been to, yet somehow knows by heart. She retraces the pioneer journey of the Ingalls family- looking for the Big Woods among the medium trees in Wisconsin, wading in Plum Creek, and enduring a prairie hailstorm in South Dakota. She immerses herself in all things Little House, and explores the story from fact to fiction, and from the TV shows to the annual summer pageants in Laura's hometowns. Whether she's churning butter in her apartment or sitting in a replica log cabin, McClure is always in pursuit of "the Laura experience." Along the way she comes to understand how Wilder's life and work have shaped our ideas about girlhood and the American West. The Wilder Life is a loving, irreverent, spirited tribute to a series of books that have inspired generations of American women. It is also an incredibly funny first-person account of obsessive reading, and a story about what happens when we reconnect with our childhood touchstones-and find that our old love has only deepened.
Author: Celestine Maddy
Publisher: Artisan Books
ISBN: 1579657249
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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In our technology-driven, workaday world, connecting with nature has never before been more essential. A Wilder Life, a beautiful oversized lifestyle book by the team behind the popular Wilder Quarterly, gives readers indispensable ideas for interacting with the great outdoors. Learn to plant a night-blooming garden, navigate by reading the stars, build an outdoor shelter, make dry shampoo, identify insects, cultivate butterflies in a backyard, or tint your clothes with natural dyes. Like a modern-day Whole Earth Catalog, A Wilder Life gives us DIY projects and old-world skills that are being reclaimed by a new generation. Divided into sections pertaining to each season and covering self-reliance, growing and gardening, cooking, health and beauty, and wilderness, and with photos and illustrations evocative of the great outdoors, A Wilder Life shows that getting in touch with nature is possible no matter who you are and—more important—where you are.
Author: William Anderson
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780060973469
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Country takes the millions of fans of the Little House books and the hit TV series on an enchanting tour of the real world of the well-loved author, visiting the people and places who inspired her classic books. With hundreds of photos, many in full color, this memorabilia book makes a beautiful gift.
Author: Joan Louwrens
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN: 1776190610
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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Joan Louwrens has always been drawn to wild places, which are balm to her soul. When her husband died, leaving her alone with two small daughters to raise, she threw herself wholeheartedly into 'adventure medicine', seeking out the world's most remote corners – on land and at sea – to practise healing, both her own and others'. Working in wild places from the Kruger Park to the Australian Outback, the Atlantic Ocean islands, and both the Arctic and Antarctic, 'Doctor Joan' has dealt with a vast range of medical challenges, from rabies to deep-vein thrombosis, childbirth to wisdom-tooth extraction, catatonia to depression. Showing an eagerness to learn and a humility that aren't always a given in her profession, and with a wry eye and a sympathetic outlook, Joan Louwrens has written a memoir that's a poignant and often funny story of a life lived to the full.
Author: Carin T. Ford
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
ISBN: 9780766021051
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Rumbling along in a covered wagon ... clouds of grasshoppers devouring the crops ... Pa fiddling on a winter night... Readers and television viewers will recognize these scenes from Little House on the Prairie. Behind all the magic and all the hardships was a real-life pioneer: Laura Ingalls Wilder. In the late 1800s, Laura and her family traveled into the unsettled West, where they built a new life. Writer Carin T. Ford takes readers on an exciting journey back to the American frontier. There they will meet the brave and talented author who has captivated millions of readers with her tales of pioneer life. Book jacket.
Author: Annette Whipple
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1641601698
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
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Eager young readers can now discover and experience Laura Ingalls Wilder's books like never before. Author Annette Whipple encourages children to engage in pioneer activities while thinking deeper about the Ingalls and Wilder families as portrayed in the nine Little House books. The Laura Ingalls Wilder Companion provides brief introductions to each Little House book, chapter-by-chapter story guides, and "Fact or Fiction" sidebars, plus 75 activities, crafts, and recipes that encourage kids to "Live Like Laura" using easy-to-find supplies. Thoughtful questions help the reader develop appreciation and understanding of Wilder's stories. Every aspiring adventurer will enjoy this walk alongside Laura from the big woods to the golden years.
Author: Penelope Niven
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062097776
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 791
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"Thornton Wilder: A Life brings readers face to face with the extraordinary man who made words come alive around the world, on the stage and on the page." —James Earl Jones, actor "Comprehensive and wisely fashioned….A splendid and long needed work." —Edward Albee, playwright Thornton Wilder—three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, creator of such enduring stage works as Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and beloved novels like Bridge of San Luis Ray and Theophilus North—was much more than a pivotal figure in twentieth century American theater and literature. He was a world-traveler, a student, a teacher, a soldier, an actor, a son, a brother, and a complex, intensely private man who kept his personal life a secret. In Thornton Wilder: A Life, author Penelope Niven pulls back the curtain to present a fascinating, three-dimensional portrait one of America's greatest playwrights, novelists, and literary icons.
Author: Pamela Smith Hill
Publisher: South Dakota State Historical Society
ISBN: 097779556X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 233
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"[E]xamines Wilder's tumultuous, but ultimately successful, professional and personal relationship with her daughter-the hidden editor-Rose Wilder Lane.
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062094882
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 357
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The third book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series—now available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williams's classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices. The adventures continue for Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and set out for the big skies of the Kansas Territory. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the best spot to build their house. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their cows. Just when they begin to feel settled, they are caught in the middle of a dangerous conflict. The nine Little House books are inspired by Laura's own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.
Author: William Anderson
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062570595
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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In this charming, accessible biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, noted Wilder historian William Anderson takes us beyond the Little House books to share the real-life events that inspired Laura’s classic stories. Black-and-white interior illustrations by Renée Graef further enhance this look at one of America’s most beloved authors, perfect for chapter book readers.
