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Authors, American Authors, American 20th century Biography Frontier and pioneer life Frontier and pioneer life United States Ingalls family Lane, Rose Wilder 1886-1968 United States United States Territorial expansion Wilder, Laura Ingalls 1867-1957 Women pioneers United States BiographyJortner, Adam Joseph.
Summary: In 1806, a Shawnee known as Lalawauthika proclaimed himself Tenskwatawa ("The Open Door"), a spiritual leader in direct contact with the Master of Life. In the five years before the battle of Tippecanoe, Tenskwatawa used his spiritual leadership to forge a political pseudo-state, together with his twin brother Tecumseh. William Henry Harrison, meanwhile, built a power base in Indiana, rigging...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.5 JORDrury, Bob
Summary: "The explosive true saga of the legendary figure, Daniel Boone, and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power--Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the 13 colonies founded by Great Britain, anxious colonists desperate to conquer and settle North America's "First Frontier" beyond the Appalachian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.9 CLACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.9 DRUWoodside, Christine
Summary: "Drawing on original manuscripts and letters, Woodside shows how Rose reshaped her mother's story into a series of heroic tales that rebutted the policies of the New Deal. Their secret collaboration would lead in time to their estrangement. This fascinating look at the relationship between two strong-willed women is also the deconstruction of an American myth"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 WOOWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: Articles and fictional works by Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane, some of which were published in magazines of an earlier era, create a chronological account of their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial Library 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WILFraser, Caroline.
Summary: The first comprehensive historical biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of the Little House on the Prairie book series. 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 story of her life has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 WILDER, LAURA INGALLS FRAFraser, Caroline
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDER, LAURA INGALLS FRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WILDER FRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio WilderSilver, Peter.
Contents: Introduction -- An unsettled country -- Fearing Indians -- Wounds crying for vengeance -- The seven years' war and the white people -- Attacking Indians -- A spirit of enterprise -- The Quakers unmasked -- Barbarism and the American Revolution -- The postwar that wasn't -- Conclusion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 SILWoodside, Christine
Summary: "Generations of children have fallen in love with the pioneer saga of the Ingalls family, of Pa and Ma, Laura and her sisters, and their loyal dog, Jack. Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books have taught millions of Americans about frontier life, giving inspiration to many and in the process becoming icons of our national identity. Yet few realize that this cherished bestselling series...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WOOMcDowell, Marta
Summary: "This lushly illustrated book from bestselling author Marta McDowell examines Laura Ingalls Wilder's relationship to the landscape and illuminates how it inspired the beloved Little House Books" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 MOSCall number: 973 MOS
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: Presents Laura Ingalls Wilder's unedited, and unpublished, draft of her autobiography that was written for an adult audience and eventually served as the foundation for her popular Little House on the Prairie series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: South Dakota Historical Society Press 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: 921 WILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDER, LAURA INGALLS WILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WILDER HILFroncek, Thomas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.09 FROWinger, Jill
Summary: "Jill Winger, creator of the award-winning blog The Prairie Homestead, introduces her debut The Prairie Homestead Cookbook, including 100+ delicious, wholesome recipes made with fresh ingredients to bring the flavors and spirit of homestead cooking to any kitchen table."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MCFSlotkin, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 SLOKinney, Rebecca J.
Summary: "The first book to analyze how contemporary ideas of Detroit circulate in popular culture in order to map the extension of the mythology of the frontier in American culture. Kinney analyzes a cross-section of twentieth and twenty first century cultural locations--an internet web forum, architectural photography, advertising and commercial culture, documentary film, and print and online...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.434 KINAnderson, William
Summary: A biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the people and places in her life and books.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1990
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 WILCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 813.52 ANDBrands, H. W
Summary: Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes readers from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. When Napoleon offered to sell French Louisiana, America was launched on a fateful and fraught journey west. Brands takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 BRACobb, Mary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 746.46 COBAmbrose, Stephen E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977 AMBBurns, Virginia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enterprise Press 1978
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 921 BEAHarris, Gertrude
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Publisher / Publication Date: 101 Productions; [distributed by Scribner, New York] 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 HARLinklater, Andro.
Summary: Linklater's fascinating, provocative and eye-opening story of why America has ended up with its unique system of weights and measures, is explained in this volume that also shows how it has shaped the culture and country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 LINOwens, William A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1975