Wilder weather : what Laura Ingalls Wilder teaches us about the weather, climate, and protecting what we cherish /
"Weather frequently leaps off the pages of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, adding intensity and immediacy to her depictions of pioneer prairie life. Though not an official weather observer, Wilder paid close attention to her surroundings and changes in conditions, whether slight...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Pierre :
South Dakota Historical Society Press,
[2025]
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| Summary: | "Weather frequently leaps off the pages of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, adding intensity and immediacy to her depictions of pioneer prairie life. Though not an official weather observer, Wilder paid close attention to her surroundings and changes in conditions, whether slight or extreme. Her life and livelihood were inseparable from the weather and climate around her. Scientific studies and observations reveal the accuracy of the vivid, detailed weather descriptions in her fictional Little House books--stories of blizzards and prairie fires, tornadoes and grasshoppers, floods and droughts. In Wilder Weather, Barbara Boustead employs her scholarly training in climatology to examine the extreme weather events that punctuate the book series and Wilder's life, painstakingly matching the stories with weather reports and meteorological principles to determine their veracity. The result is a fascinating twist on the beloved Little House tales"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 1941813615 9781941813614 |