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What made America great? On the trail of Laura Ingalls Wilder
It was the 2008 crash that somehow inspired me to finally read the Little House on the Prairie books. I was clearly craving comfort, safety, a kind of nostalgia for a vaguely remembered 70s girlhood in which I half watched … Continue reading
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Little Feminist on the Prairie
This is the full version of my Guardian article published in November 2010, about why I chose her as my specialist subject on Celebrity Mastermind. What Laura Ingalls Wilder still teaches us about independence, and living through an age of austerity. … Continue reading
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Tagged books, culture, laura ingalls wilder, mastermind, prairie, westerns
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