Melani’s Reviews > Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder > Status Update
Melani
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The author speaks of the contradictions in Wilder's work, but it's harsher then that. She flat out lies or omits inconvenient truths to the worldview she's building in her writings (from the newspaper columns to her children's novels). And its a world view that keeps getting sold to Americans today, and bought hook line and sinker.
— Feb 09, 2023 12:57PM
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Melani
is 26% done
This is less a biography and more a detailed history of the midwest during Laura's lifetime. It's absolutely fantastic though, and I think worth reading (well so far) even for people who aren't fans of the Little House books. So much of how the American character developed can be found in that first quarter of the book.
— Jan 18, 2023 11:28AM
