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Little Star

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2. That was a different time.....

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Tue Jun 26, 2018, 03:00 PM

Jun 2018

As a child she survived a cloud of 3.5 trillion locusts. In the mid-1870s, Laura witnessed one of the most devastating natural disasters the country had ever known—a locust plague that caused an estimated $116 billion worth of damage from the Dakotas to Texas, pushing thousands of settlers to the brink of starvation and ruin, including her own family.

So for me, anyone who survived a cloud of 3.5 trillion locusts gets a break. lol

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Laura Ingalls Wilder's name stripped from children's literary award [View all] hermetic Jun 2018 OP

The books reflect the attitudes of the white settlers of the day, including some of the warts. Shrike47 Jun 2018 #1

That was a different time..... Little Star Jun 2018 #2

I read the books back in 8th grade or so TlalocW Jun 2018 #3