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In the 1880s, when adventure lay in the conquest of the prairies, David Beaton and his bride came to Dakota to claim three hundred acres of grassland. Rose Wilder Lane tells of their struggle to survive with such force that Free Land has become a classic frontier novel. The young couple experience cyclones, droughts, and blizzards that isolate them for days in their sod shanty and endanger their livestock. The simple pleasures of home cooking, horse trading, and socializing interrupt work, here described in its wealth of variety. In every detail, Free Land comes to life because Lane grew up in the time and place of which she writes. The book embodies her belief that "living is never easy, that all human history is a record of achievement in disaster, and that our great asset is the valor of the American spirit." Like the Beatons of this novel, Rose Wilder Lane's parents homesteaded in Dakota. Lane was a successful novelist and journalist when, in the 1930s, she encouraged and helped her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, to write the Little House on the Prairie books that were later dramatized for television.Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN-100803279140
ISBN-139780803279148
eBay Product ID (ePID)735321
Product Key Features
Publication Year1984
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Idaho, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), General, Literary
Book TitleFree Land
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesReprint
GenreHistory, Fiction
AuthorRose Wilder Lane
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8in
Height0.8in
Item Length8in
Item Weight12.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN84-007493
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition19
Reviews"A fine, full-bodied novel. . . . The descriptions are powerful realism, especially those of the beauty and the terror of the untamed plains."- Christian Science Monitor, ""A fine, full-bodied novel. . . . The descriptions are powerful realism, especially those of the beauty and the terror of the untamed plains.""-- Christian Science Monitor "" Free Land is an exciting story about human beings fighting against huge odds.""-- New Republic, "A fine, full-bodied novel. . . . The descriptions are powerful realism, especially those of the beauty and the terror of the untamed plains."-Christian Science Monitor
Dewey Decimal813/.52
Edition DescriptionReprint
Lc Classification NumberPs3523.A553f7 1984
Number of Pages332 Pages