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Free Land
Free Land
Author: Rose Wilder Lane
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 t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780803279148
ISBN-10: 0803279140
Publication Date: 10/1/1984
Pages: 332
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3.9 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Bison Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 4
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Rose Wilder Lane is a very underappreciated author, and is today better remembered as the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder. But if you are fortunate enough to obtain a copy of FREE LAND, RWL's last novel, you will not be disappointed. The temptation is to try to compare RWL's writing to her mother's Little House books, and expect her writing to be like Laura's: don't do it! Enjoy it without any preconceived notions. The author mingles various facts about her parents and her grandparents and creates a great story of homesteading in the late 1870's.

I also recommend A LITTLE HOUSE SAMPLER, edited by William Anderson, which contains several of Rose Wilder Lane's best short stories.


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