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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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 Posted - Nov 04 2007 : 9:13:26 PM
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you would probably enjoy the books by Janette Oke or even books by Beverly Lewis.
your local library or book store should have them. they do have a religious focus to them, but most of them are set in pioneer times or about the Amish lifestyle.
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Lorie
Farmgirl in Training
42 Posts
Lorie
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Nov 04 2007 : 10:41:23 PM
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Look into Jane Kirkpatrick. She hasd 2-3 book series that I am enjoying.
Lorie Q
Springfield,OR
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kitchensqueen
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Canadian farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Lori
Ontario
Canada
482 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2007 : 2:22:27 PM
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Another to try is Dawn Miller's The Journal of Callie Wade. It has sequels, too.
Jane Kirkpatrick is great. I loved All Together In One Place.
Sara Donati has a series, starting with Into The Wilderness.
Catherine Palmer's series A Town Called Hope starts with the book called Prairie Rose.
I enjoyed these.
Lori |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Nov 07 2007 : 6:26:27 PM
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This is a bit of a stretch, but Gilead (by Marylinne Robinson) is set in Iowa and runs between the civil war era and the 1950s. The main character of the story is an old man and he retells the stories of his father and his grandfather, who was an ardent abolitionist. They are three generations of preachers in the same small town. It's a great novel (i think it won the pulitzer a couple of years ago).
This is another stretch, but if you are interested in nonfiction about the prairie, there's always PrairyErth by William Least Heat Moon. It's a huge nonfiction book that explores the history, landscape, nature and people of a single county in Kansas.
More along the lines of Little House, I have a book on my shelf called Prairie School, by Lois Lenski. I think the time period is more like Great Depression, but the illustration on the cover reminds me very much of Laura Ingalls Wilder's descriptions of walking across the prairie - the wide sky, the wildflowers, birds flying up out of the tall grass as the children carry their lunch pail to the schoolhouse. According to the back cover, it's based on a true story about a group of children who got snowed in at school during a huge blizzard. I haven't actually read it, can you tell! But I've been looking for something to read on these cold November evenings, so I think this is going to be next. |
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2007 : 6:42:46 PM
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| Try "Oh, Pioneers" by Willa Cather.It's my favorite. From a fellow pioneer/Ingalls Wilder groupie. |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
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Dixie_Amazon
True Blue Farmgirl
125 Posts
Dennise
Baton Rouge
LA
USA
125 Posts |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Dixie_Amazon
True Blue Farmgirl
125 Posts
Dennise
Baton Rouge
LA
USA
125 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 09:51:23 AM
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I am thinking of getting it after Christmas. How were the instructions?
Dennise with 2 n's
Farmgirl Sister #47 **~~** Country girl raised in the city. |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 09:52:12 AM
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"Giants in the Earth" and "Peder Victorious" - written by O. E. Rolvaag, a Norwegian author in the early part of last century. Both are about Norwegian immigrants coming into the prairies. I love these books!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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Edited by - jpbluesky on Dec 18 2007 09:54:08 AM |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 5:19:13 PM
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| I would recommend My Antonia by Willa Cather too. She does such a great job writing about that time period and setting. |
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
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Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 9:10:56 PM
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The Sara Donati books are some of my favorite stories. Very well paced and written.
If anyone reads the Outlander series by Diana Gibaldon, a couple of her characters have cameos in one of Donati's books. (can't remember which one) She is a fan, and did it as a sort of tribute.
The Outlander books are a good series too, but the pioneer aspect don't come into play until the last few books.
I also read O Pioneers as well. Very good!!!
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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carpenterlady
Farmgirl at Heart
4 Posts
Becky
Cloquet
MN
USA
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Posted - Dec 30 2007 : 9:41:11 PM
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| Nothing To Do But Stay by Carrie Young. It is about a North Dakota farm family during the first part of the twentieth century. It is non-fiction. A biography of the author's mother. It is one of my favorite books. |
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lmillward
True Blue Farmgirl
111 Posts
Lorie
Riverton
UT
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - Jan 01 2008 : 11:34:42 AM
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Don't forget Willa Cather's Winter Wheat. It is often overlooked but is so evocative of an age in a place that calms the soul.
Long live the weeds and the wildflowers! ~John Muir |
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lmillward
True Blue Farmgirl
111 Posts
Lorie
Riverton
UT
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - Jan 01 2008 : 11:36:32 AM
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OOPS I meant Mildred Walker's Winter Wheat (After reading all the posts I had Willa Cather on the brain!)
Long live the weeds and the wildflowers! ~John Muir |
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