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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 unp...

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Main Author: Fraser, Caroline (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
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xii, 625 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
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