Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Deborah Harrell wrote:
> >
> > > "Prairie fire that would outrace a horse" Maru
> > > (from another 'Little House' book)
> >
> > Which one? I'm trying to remember, and about all I
> > *can* remember is
> > something about Pa plowing a firebreak around the
> > house, and after the
> > fire swept through, the house being on a little
> > island in a sea of char....
>
> Exactly! _Little House On The Prairie_; the fire may
> have been set by the Indians before their big
> migration, to make it easier for the travois to be
> pulled, and something about encouraging new grass
> growth for their ponies... IIRC.
>
> The Cover Had Laura Racing Bareback Flatout Maru
I thought that _On the Shores of Silver Lake_ was the one with her
riding bareback flat-out, and that _Little House on the Prairie_ had the
picture of her looking out the back of the covered wagon. (And it was
_Little Town on the Prairie_ that had the sisters with the kitten, and I
could probably describe a number of other covers, but probably nobody
else is interested....)
Julia
Book-intensive Girlhood Maru
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