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Book Review of Laura : The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura : The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Overall, this book was a pretty comprehensive biography about Laura's life. The author went back into census records and other pieces of documentation to try to piece together Laura's life and pull out the fact vs fiction of the Little House series. I've read some reviews that didn't like the author's style and felt he was trying too hard to replicate Laura's style of writing. I didn't mind his style and felt that he wrote a pretty engaging biography. I did agree with the criticisms of the cover art- it's pretty dated to the 1970s in terms of color scheme and style (and making the pictures slightly resemble the TV series actors) and the back cover looks like something that should be on a Harlequin romance or something! :-P If you loved the Little House books and want to learn more about Laura's life, then this biography is one that you should enjoy.