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The world of Laura Ingalls Wilder : the frontier landscapes that inspired the Little House books / by Marta McDowell.
- Title
- The world of Laura Ingalls Wilder : the frontier landscapes that inspired the Little House books / by Marta McDowell.
- Author
- McDowell, Marta
- Publication
- Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, [2017]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS3545.I342 Z7685 2017 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 396 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 24 cm
- 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"--
- Alternative Title
- Frontier landscapes that inspired the Little House books
- Subject
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957 > Homes and haunts
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957 > Botany
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957
- Little house books (Wilder, Laura Ingalls)
- 1900-1999
- Authors, American > 20th century > Biography
- Women pioneers > United States > Biography
- Frontier and pioneer life > United States
- Family farms > United States
- Gardening > United States
- Gardens in literature
- Nature in literature
- Authors, American
- Botany
- Family farms
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Gardening
- Homes
- Women pioneers
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- GARDENING / Essays
- HISTORY / Women
- NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Plains & Prairies
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-375) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Prologue -- A life on the land. Clearing the land : the Wisconsin woods ; Preparing the soil : a New York farm ; Harrowing : the prairie of Kansas, Indian Territory ; Making a better garden : creekside in Minnesota and Iowa ; Ripening : the Dakota prairie ; Reaping : settled farm and settled town ; Threshing : from Great Plains to Ozark Ridges ; Saving seed : Rocky Ridge Farm ; Putting food by: the Rock House and the farmhouse -- Wilder gardens ; Visiting Wilder gardens ; Growing a Wilder garden -- Source abbreviations -- Plants for a Wilder garden -- Recommended reading.
- ISBN
- 9781604697278
- 160469727X
- LCCN
- ^^2016057864
- OCLC
- 967202670
- SCSB-12014744
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library