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Miller John E. <1945-> |
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Titolo |
Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder : the woman behind the legend / / John E. Miller |
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Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c1998 |
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9780826265326 |
0826265324 |
9780826261151 |
0826261159 |
9780826265333 |
0826265332 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Missouri biography series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women authors, American - 20th century |
Women pioneers - United States |
Frontier and pioneer life - Missouri |
Missouri Biography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-289) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Pioneer Girl, 1867-1879 -- 2. Schoolgirl and Courting Days, 1879-1885 -- 3. The Joys and Sorrows of Early Married Life, 1885-1894 -- 4. In the Land of the Big Red Apple, 1894-1911 -- 5. Building a Writing Career, 1911-1923 -- 6. Turning to Autobiography, 1923-1932 -- 7. Becoming a Celebrated Author, 1932-1937 -- 8. Completing the Series, 1937-1943 -- 9. Basking in the Glow of Her Readers' Affection, 1943-1957 -- Notes -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Although generations of readers of the Little House books are familiar with Laura Ingalls Wilder's early life up through her first years of marriage to Almanzo Wilder, few know about her adult years. Going beyond previous studies, Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder focuses upon Wilder's years in Missouri from 1894 to 1957. Utilizing her unpublished |
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autobiography, letters, newspaper stories, and other documentary evidence, John E. Miller fills the gaps in Wilder's autobiographical novels and describes her sixty-three years of living in Mansfield, Missouri. As a result, the process of personal development that culminated in Wilder's writing of the novels that secured her reputation as one of America's most popular children's authors becomes evident. |
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