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The Wilder Life

My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie
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May 20, 2021LCPL_Cindy rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
McClure is truly obsessed with all things Laura and Little House. She had me laughing out loud in the beginning but by the end I only felt bad for her long-suffering and eternally patient boyfriend. As a child I, too, read the books and…
Jun 07, 2020thebritlass rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
An interesting perspective - the author is a fan, but not an obsessive "oh, for those golden days" fan - she blends historical experiments and visits to sites with needed reality checks
Jan 31, 2018OPL_KrisC rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I grew up reading the Little House on the Prairie series and still own my tattered paperback copies. Reading this book brought back all my memories of curling up and reading "In the Big Woods" and "On the Banks of Plum Creek". I love how…
Apr 08, 2015TheresaAJ rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The author, a children's book editor, sets out to explore the real life world of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Her adventures on the "Laura Trail" include spending a weekend learning frontier skills with a survivalist's group, seeing small town…
Nov 09, 2013lisahiggs rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I like the Little House On The Prairie books. A lot. Somehow I put all nine books in my 2010 Top Five list. And now I’m reading a book *about* the Little House books. But author Wendy McClure likes them even more, enough to visit Laura…
May 11, 2012branch_reviews rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
On a quest to find the world of beloved Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder McClure retraces the pioneer journey of the Ingalls family- looking for the Big Woods among the medium trees in Wisconsin, wading in Plum…
Nov 21, 2011ehbooklover rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
"The Wilder Life" follows a woman's pilgrimage to all places associated with the Laura Ingalls Wilder books she read and loved as a child. Chock full of interesting facts and laugh-out-loud parts, this book is part travelogue, part journey…
Chitownchica
Aug 09, 2011Chitownchica rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I thought it was going to be a lot better than it actually was. I love everything, Laura Wilder and Little House, but it was a big let down because the author was really learning about everything as she went-- something she made very…
LocketLibrarian
Aug 08, 2011LocketLibrarian rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Everyone who grew up wishing she was friends with Laura Ingalls, or that she actually WAS Laura needs to read this book.
Apr 28, 2011
"Wendy McClure is an unsentimental writer, but she loves the Little House On The Prairie books. No, she really loves them. She loves them so much that she bought a butter churn on eBay. And she churned butter — you know, just to see. She…