Your browser is not supported. For the best experience, you should upgrade to a modern browser with improved speed and security.

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

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 Now, drawing on unpublished manuscripts, letters, diaries, and land and financial records, Caroline Fraser -- the editor of the Library of America edition of the Little House series --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.

Spanning nearly a century of epochal change, from the Indian Wars to the Dust Bowl, Wilder's dramatic life provides a unique perspective on American history and our national mythology of self-reliance. With fresh insights and new discoveries, Prairie Fires, the winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, reveals the complex woman whose classic stories grip us to this day.

Current Price :

  • Featured
    $12.69
  • Lowest
    $7.99
Prices as of 03/28/24 13:33
Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on amightygirl.com at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.

Current Price (CAD):

  • Featured
    C$29.00
  • Lowest
    C$22.71
Prices as of 03/27/24 15:40
Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on amightygirl.com at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.

Availability:

Out of Stock

Current Price (AUD):

  • Featured
    A$49.35
  • Lowest
    A$38.49
Prices as of 03/27/24 21:42
Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on amightygirl.com at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.

Where to Purchase:

What's this?

Support A Mighty Girl & Help Grow Mighty Girls!

It's easy to support A Mighty Girl's girl empowerment mission. Every time you purchase resources using the vendor buttons on our website, A Mighty Girl receives a small commission – all at no added cost to you. Thank you for helping us to provide these resources for everyone raising Mighty Girls!

Description

"The Little House books, for all the hardships they describe, are paeans to the pioneer spirit, portraying it as triumphant against all odds. But Wilder's real life was harder and grittier than that, a story of relentless struggle, rootlessness, and poverty. It was only in her sixties, after losing nearly everything in the Great Depression, that she turned to children's books, recasting her hardscrabble childhood as a celebratory vision of homesteading -- and achieving fame and fortune in the process, in one of the most astonishing rags-to-riches episodes in American letters." -- from the back cover

Product Details

Recommended Age Adults
Author Caroline Fraser
ISBN 1250182484
Publication Date Nov 21, 2017
Publisher Metropolitan Books
Language English