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Prairie Fires

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a 2017 biography of Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder, by Caroline Fraser. It was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize.

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Prairie Fires
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AuthorCaroline Fraser
SubjectLaura Ingalls Wilder
PublisherMetropolitan Books
Publication date2017

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a 2017 biography of Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder, by Caroline Fraser.1 It was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography,2 the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography,3 and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize.4

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  1. Sethi, Anita (December 31, 2017). "Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder review – a pioneer revealed". The Guardian. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  2. "Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, by Caroline Fraser". pulitzer.org. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  3. Taylor, Elizabeth (March 30, 2018). "Caroline Fraser, Biography Winner for 'Prairie Fires'". bookcritics.org. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  4. Johnson, Christen A. (August 23, 2018). "Ron Chernow, George Saunders and Caroline Fraser win 2018 Tribune literary prizes". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 14, 2020.