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Rose Wilder Lane: Discovery of Freedom
Here’s an interesting thing to discover online, full text copy of Rose Wilder Lane’s book Discovery of Freedom in a downloadable PDF. If you’re curious to read this book, here’s your chance: Just follow this link… I opened up the … Continue reading
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Confessions of a Prairie B***h
Yes, I censored the title for this review. Avert your eyes now if you don’t want to see the uncensored title of this book! Shocked I was, I tell you, shocked to see the pink cover with that title pop … Continue reading
Beyond the Prairie: True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Beyond the Prairie: True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder reviewed by Deb Houdek Rule Beyond the Prairie: True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, released on DVD November 23, 2010, is a made-for-TV movie from 2000 which intended to return the … Continue reading
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The Ghost in the Little House by William V. Holtz
The Ghost in the Little House: A Life of Rose Wilder Lane by William V. Holtz, reviewed by Deb Houdek Rule. A biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s only daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. It is rather controversial among Laura’s fans as a major premise of the book is that Rose, not Laura, was the real writer of the beloved Little House series of books. Continue reading
Little House in the Ozarks: The Rediscovered Writings
Little House in the Ozarks: The Rediscovered Writings, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by Stephen W. Hines, reviewed by Deb Houdek Rule. A collection of articles Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote in the decades before the first of her “Little House” books came out. For about twenty years before her first book, “Little House in the Big Woods,” Laura was a regularly published writer of articles and essays in regional newspapers and farm magazines beginning in 1911. Continue reading
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The Iowa Story by William Anderson
The Iowa Story: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life in Burr Oak, Iowa by William Anderson Reviewed by Deb Houdek Rule This is a small book, only fifty-two pages long, but it ably fills in the story of the Ingalls’ year in … Continue reading
Little House in Brookfield by by Maria D. Wilkes
Little House in Brookfield by by Maria D. Wilkes reviewed by Deb Houdek Rule Sloppy writing and a severe lack of editing make the book read as a hastily tossed-together piece written to meet a deadline for commercial, rather than … Continue reading
Bachelor Girl by Roger Lea MacBride
Bachelor Girl by Roger Lea MacBride reviewed by Deb Houdek Rule Bachelor Girl was a nice closing episode to the ‘Rose’ series of books. It was a well-chosen ending place to the story as Rose clearly is leaving the child … Continue reading
Free Land by Rose Wilder Lane
Free Land by Rose Wilder Lane reviewed by Deb Houdek Rule The Homestead Act promised people “free land” if they lived on it and worked it for five years. This book by Rose Wilder Lane, daughter of Laura and Almanzo … Continue reading