| Author |
Gates, Eleanor, 1875-1951 |
| Title |
The Biography of a Prairie Girl
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| Credits |
Produced by Peter Vachuska, Chuck Greif, Emmy and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
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| Summary |
"The Biography of a Prairie Girl" by Eleanor Gates is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers on a young girl growing up on a Dakota farm and explores her experiences, relationships, and the challenges she faces within the frontier setting. The narrative paints a vivid picture of prairie life and family dynamics, particularly focusing on the little girl's interactions with her brothers and mother. The opening of the book introduces the main character, a little girl, as she contemplates the arrival of the stork that brought her into the world during a fierce winter storm. This event sets the stage for her early life on the farm, marked by the love and attention of her three older brothers and her mother's efforts to keep the family together during hardships. The family eagerly anticipates naming the girl after her birth, but their plans are complicated by tragedy and the relentless demands of frontier life. As the little girl grows, the narrative promises to explore her journey through childhood, heartache, and the process of finding her identity within the constraints of her environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
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| LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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| Subject |
Family life -- Fiction
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| Subject |
Girls -- Fiction
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| Subject |
Farm life -- Fiction
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| Subject |
Great Plains -- Fiction
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| Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- Dakota Territory -- Fiction
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
28989 |
| Release Date |
May 29, 2009 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Jan 5, 2021 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads |
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