The Biography of a Prairie Girl by Eleanor Gates

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Author Gates, Eleanor, 1875-1951
Title The Biography of a Prairie Girl
Note Reading ease score: 75.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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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.)
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Family life -- Fiction
Subject Girls -- Fiction
Subject Farm life -- Fiction
Subject Great Plains -- Fiction
Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- Dakota Territory -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 28989
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Jan 5, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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