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by Belle Owen (Author)
Originally published in 1903, this charming diary of an Illinois farm girl details life on the prairie, including daily activities and descriptions of the land. The diary uses dated entries through the winter months, beginning in September and continuing through June of the following year, to describe life on the prairie during the late nineteenth century.
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Originally published in 1903, this charming diary of an Illinois farm girl details life on the prairie, including daily activities and descriptions of the land and the natural world around her. The author, Belle Owen, dates the entries throughout the long winter months of the late nineteenth century, and through her words and the pallette around her, paints a wondrous and beautiful calendar of a prairie winter.
