The Wilder life

my adventures in the lost world of Little house on the prairie

by

336 pages

English language

Published Nov. 8, 2011 by Riverhead Books.

ISBN:
978-1-59448-780-4
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OCLC Number:
646111796

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4 stars (2 reviews)

In this funny and thoughtful guide to a romanticized version of the American expansion west, children's book editor and memoirist McClure (I'm Not the New Me) attempts to recapture her childhood vision of "Laura World" (i.e., the world of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her Little House books about an 1880s pioneer family).

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reviewed The Wilder life by Wendy McClure

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4 stars

I'm not really sure this is a coherent book, but the author is a pleasant and lively companion to ramble with (if you're a lefty sort--she's a little queasy around the End Times evangelicals she meets, which was funny to me but probably wouldn't be to them) and there are quite a lot of interesting facts and anecdotes sprinkled through her story about going hither and yon to see Laura Ingalls Wilder museums and pageants and sites.

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Subjects

  • Appreciation
  • Frontier and pioneer life in literature