frontier and pioneer life in literature

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frontier and pioneer life in literature

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Provides an analysis of Wilder's ninevolume chronicle of her pioneer childhood.

James Fenimore Cooper

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of James Fenimore Cooper.

My ? ntonia

the road home
Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work My ? ntonia, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.

Little house on the prairie

a reader's companion
Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Little House on the Prairie, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.

Desert, garden, margin, range

literature on the American frontier
1992

Frederic Remington

the writer
2000
Examines the literary career of this visual artist and writer of the nineteenth-century American West, discussing his works on the soldier, the Indian, and the cowboy.

Understanding O pioneers! and My ?ntonia

a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents
2002
Presents over forty historical documents, essays, and interviews that provide context for Willa Cather's novels "O Pioneers!" and "My Antonia.".

Laura Ingalls Wilder

1987
Provides an analysis of Wilder's ninevolume chronicle of her pioneer childhood.

The Story behind Willa Cather's My ?ntonia

2007
Presents a brief history behind the making of Willa Cather's "My ?ntonia," and examines how the author's life and the lives of American pioneers influenced her work.

Encyclopedia of frontier and western fiction

1983
Alphabetically arranged biographies of authors who have written about the American West.

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