Free Land
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| Free Land | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Rose Wilder Lane |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Western |
| Publication date | 1938 |
Free Land - a 1938 novel by Rose Wilder Lane that contains some actual events.
[edit] Summary
It is 1880s - David Beaton and his bride come to Dakota to claim three hundred acres of grassland. But they have to struggle to survive. The young couple experience cyclones, droughts, and blizzards that isolate them for days from the rest of the world.
[edit] Historical background
The author; Rose Wilder Lane grew up herself in the time and place of which she writes. Her parents homesteaded in Dakota. Many of the events described in the book, actually happened to either her parents (Laura Ingalls Wilder and Almanzo Wilder), or her grandparents (Caroline and Charles Ingalls). The book is similar in a way to the Little House series, only it is darker and more serious.
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