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the_horror_maven's review against another edition
5.0
SHORT REVIEW
A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a gorgeous look at how faith and love carried the Wilder family through their struggles as an early pioneer family.
FULL REVIEW
I am a longtime fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her experience as an early pioneer woman. I devoured the Little House series as a child, and I have only grown closer to the novels as an adult. Laura’s faith and brilliance shine throughout her work, and I was so excited to get to know her more through A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Stephen W. Hines brilliantly captures Laura’s family throughout his novel, and I couldn’t have asked for a more thoroughly researched story of early pioneer faith.
A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder analyzes the Wilder family and how faith played a part in their strength and ability to create a homestead on the early American prairie. Despite the Wilder’s family hardships with housing, food, and farming, their faith connected them to one another and their mission to make a life for themselves on the American prairie. Hines’ book reads like a novel, and his use of pictures and explanations brought the Wilder’s story alive. Even though this novel focuses on Christianity and how the Wilder family’s religion and faith strengthened their experience as a cohesive unit, Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder doesn’t have an agenda, and it presents Christianity in a way that will appeal to believers and nonbelievers alike. I am a pioneer history buff, and I found enlightenment through Hines writing and his connection of faith to survival.
Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a must read for Wilder fans, as well as fans of pioneer history. I thoroughly enjoyed Hines’ explanation of faith and how it developed on the plains with pioneering settlers. Seeing how faith connected the Wilder family to each other, as well as the other pioneer families around them, made me believe in community and kinship again. I will be keeping Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder in my library forever, and I am so excited to have read more on Laura Ingalls Wilder and her amazing experience on the early American prairie.
*I received an ARC of this novel from Blogging for Books for review.
A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a gorgeous look at how faith and love carried the Wilder family through their struggles as an early pioneer family.
FULL REVIEW
I am a longtime fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her experience as an early pioneer woman. I devoured the Little House series as a child, and I have only grown closer to the novels as an adult. Laura’s faith and brilliance shine throughout her work, and I was so excited to get to know her more through A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Stephen W. Hines brilliantly captures Laura’s family throughout his novel, and I couldn’t have asked for a more thoroughly researched story of early pioneer faith.
A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder analyzes the Wilder family and how faith played a part in their strength and ability to create a homestead on the early American prairie. Despite the Wilder’s family hardships with housing, food, and farming, their faith connected them to one another and their mission to make a life for themselves on the American prairie. Hines’ book reads like a novel, and his use of pictures and explanations brought the Wilder’s story alive. Even though this novel focuses on Christianity and how the Wilder family’s religion and faith strengthened their experience as a cohesive unit, Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder doesn’t have an agenda, and it presents Christianity in a way that will appeal to believers and nonbelievers alike. I am a pioneer history buff, and I found enlightenment through Hines writing and his connection of faith to survival.
Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a must read for Wilder fans, as well as fans of pioneer history. I thoroughly enjoyed Hines’ explanation of faith and how it developed on the plains with pioneering settlers. Seeing how faith connected the Wilder family to each other, as well as the other pioneer families around them, made me believe in community and kinship again. I will be keeping Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder in my library forever, and I am so excited to have read more on Laura Ingalls Wilder and her amazing experience on the early American prairie.
*I received an ARC of this novel from Blogging for Books for review.
vll295's review against another edition
4.0
Personal Review:
I picked this book up because I had grown up watching Little House on the Prairie and was familiar with Laura Ingalls Wilder. I always knew it was based on a real person, but to get the details of her was informative and interesting.
I appreciated that the author shared about how tough it was to grow up in the time that she did and to experience what she had experienced. Life was not easy.
I really enjoyed this book. Thanks for the opportunity!
Disclaimer: I was awarded this book as part of the blogging for books program. Though I did not pay for the book, the opinions are strictly my own.
Happy Reading!
I picked this book up because I had grown up watching Little House on the Prairie and was familiar with Laura Ingalls Wilder. I always knew it was based on a real person, but to get the details of her was informative and interesting.
I appreciated that the author shared about how tough it was to grow up in the time that she did and to experience what she had experienced. Life was not easy.
I really enjoyed this book. Thanks for the opportunity!
Disclaimer: I was awarded this book as part of the blogging for books program. Though I did not pay for the book, the opinions are strictly my own.
Happy Reading!
betherin02's review against another edition
4.0
First Line Friday feature on FaithfullyBookish.com
This is a must-read for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her stories! Part devotional, part biographical, part recipes, songs, and more! It’s rare for a nonfiction title to catch this fiction lover’s interest but A Prairie Girl’s Faith is an exception to that rule. I highly recommend this book!
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher and was under no obligation to post a review. The opinions expressed are my own.
This is a must-read for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her stories! Part devotional, part biographical, part recipes, songs, and more! It’s rare for a nonfiction title to catch this fiction lover’s interest but A Prairie Girl’s Faith is an exception to that rule. I highly recommend this book!
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher and was under no obligation to post a review. The opinions expressed are my own.
felinity's review against another edition
5.0
A gentle complement to any LIW fan's library. Hines explores how Laura's faith - quiet, unassuming and always kept private - worked through every aspect of her life, and in doing so, is able to share stories about Laura, poems she wrote, recipes from the folks in De Smet, and more about her family, all while remaining respectful to her legacy and truthful to the historical record. If you're looking for a comprehensive biography, this is not the book you're looking for (yet), but I've read at least 3 other biographies of LIW and still found myself charmed by this one, with plenty of new details for me.
ashleynestlermsw's review against another edition
5.0
SHORT REVIEW
A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a gorgeous look at how faith and love carried the Wilder family through their struggles as an early pioneer family.
FULL REVIEW
I am a longtime fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her experience as an early pioneer woman. I devoured the Little House series as a child, and I have only grown closer to the novels as an adult. Laura’s faith and brilliance shine throughout her work, and I was so excited to get to know her more through A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Stephen W. Hines brilliantly captures Laura’s family throughout his novel, and I couldn’t have asked for a more thoroughly researched story of early pioneer faith.
A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder analyzes the Wilder family and how faith played a part in their strength and ability to create a homestead on the early American prairie. Despite the Wilder’s family hardships with housing, food, and farming, their faith connected them to one another and their mission to make a life for themselves on the American prairie. Hines’ book reads like a novel, and his use of pictures and explanations brought the Wilder’s story alive. Even though this novel focuses on Christianity and how the Wilder family’s religion and faith strengthened their experience as a cohesive unit, Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder doesn’t have an agenda, and it presents Christianity in a way that will appeal to believers and nonbelievers alike. I am a pioneer history buff, and I found enlightenment through Hines writing and his connection of faith to survival.
Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a must read for Wilder fans, as well as fans of pioneer history. I thoroughly enjoyed Hines’ explanation of faith and how it developed on the plains with pioneering settlers. Seeing how faith connected the Wilder family to each other, as well as the other pioneer families around them, made me believe in community and kinship again. I will be keeping Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder in my library forever, and I am so excited to have read more on Laura Ingalls Wilder and her amazing experience on the early American prairie.
*I received an ARC of this novel from Blogging for Books for review.
A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a gorgeous look at how faith and love carried the Wilder family through their struggles as an early pioneer family.
FULL REVIEW
I am a longtime fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her experience as an early pioneer woman. I devoured the Little House series as a child, and I have only grown closer to the novels as an adult. Laura’s faith and brilliance shine throughout her work, and I was so excited to get to know her more through A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Stephen W. Hines brilliantly captures Laura’s family throughout his novel, and I couldn’t have asked for a more thoroughly researched story of early pioneer faith.
A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder analyzes the Wilder family and how faith played a part in their strength and ability to create a homestead on the early American prairie. Despite the Wilder’s family hardships with housing, food, and farming, their faith connected them to one another and their mission to make a life for themselves on the American prairie. Hines’ book reads like a novel, and his use of pictures and explanations brought the Wilder’s story alive. Even though this novel focuses on Christianity and how the Wilder family’s religion and faith strengthened their experience as a cohesive unit, Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder doesn’t have an agenda, and it presents Christianity in a way that will appeal to believers and nonbelievers alike. I am a pioneer history buff, and I found enlightenment through Hines writing and his connection of faith to survival.
Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a must read for Wilder fans, as well as fans of pioneer history. I thoroughly enjoyed Hines’ explanation of faith and how it developed on the plains with pioneering settlers. Seeing how faith connected the Wilder family to each other, as well as the other pioneer families around them, made me believe in community and kinship again. I will be keeping Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder in my library forever, and I am so excited to have read more on Laura Ingalls Wilder and her amazing experience on the early American prairie.
*I received an ARC of this novel from Blogging for Books for review.
kmdahlgran's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this look at the spiritual side of Laura Ingalls Wilder's life. It's a side I had never before considered. The author also spent a fair amount of time comparing her beliefs with those of Rose (her daughter and book collaborator) and how their differing views may have affected what eventually went into the Little House books. This was a fun library find.
samanthas_bookshelf's review against another edition
4.0
As someone who grew up adoring the Little House on the Prairie books, I was very excited to find this book in a discount catalog and order it. Hines wrote an impeccable narrative and provided a lot of information on Mrs. Wilder, but didn't seem to focus on his goal. This read more as a biography that loosely touched on her faith here and there, instead of faith as the primary focus as the title and summary read. I'd still recommend this for any fan, but four stars for the fact I didn't totally get the thesis until well into the book.
peachykeenreviews's review against another edition
5.0
SHORT REVIEW
A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a gorgeous look at how faith and love carried the Wilder family through their struggles as an early pioneer family.
FULL REVIEW
I am a longtime fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her experience as an early pioneer woman. I devoured the Little House series as a child, and I have only grown closer to the novels as an adult. Laura’s faith and brilliance shine throughout her work, and I was so excited to get to know her more through A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Stephen W. Hines brilliantly captures Laura’s family throughout his novel, and I couldn’t have asked for a more thoroughly researched story of early pioneer faith.
A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder analyzes the Wilder family and how faith played a part in their strength and ability to create a homestead on the early American prairie. Despite the Wilder’s family hardships with housing, food, and farming, their faith connected them to one another and their mission to make a life for themselves on the American prairie. Hines’ book reads like a novel, and his use of pictures and explanations brought the Wilder’s story alive. Even though this novel focuses on Christianity and how the Wilder family’s religion and faith strengthened their experience as a cohesive unit, Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder doesn’t have an agenda, and it presents Christianity in a way that will appeal to believers and nonbelievers alike. I am a pioneer history buff, and I found enlightenment through Hines writing and his connection of faith to survival.
Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a must read for Wilder fans, as well as fans of pioneer history. I thoroughly enjoyed Hines’ explanation of faith and how it developed on the plains with pioneering settlers. Seeing how faith connected the Wilder family to each other, as well as the other pioneer families around them, made me believe in community and kinship again. I will be keeping Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder in my library forever, and I am so excited to have read more on Laura Ingalls Wilder and her amazing experience on the early American prairie.
*I received an ARC of this novel from Blogging for Books for review.
A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a gorgeous look at how faith and love carried the Wilder family through their struggles as an early pioneer family.
FULL REVIEW
I am a longtime fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her experience as an early pioneer woman. I devoured the Little House series as a child, and I have only grown closer to the novels as an adult. Laura’s faith and brilliance shine throughout her work, and I was so excited to get to know her more through A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Stephen W. Hines brilliantly captures Laura’s family throughout his novel, and I couldn’t have asked for a more thoroughly researched story of early pioneer faith.
A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder analyzes the Wilder family and how faith played a part in their strength and ability to create a homestead on the early American prairie. Despite the Wilder’s family hardships with housing, food, and farming, their faith connected them to one another and their mission to make a life for themselves on the American prairie. Hines’ book reads like a novel, and his use of pictures and explanations brought the Wilder’s story alive. Even though this novel focuses on Christianity and how the Wilder family’s religion and faith strengthened their experience as a cohesive unit, Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder doesn’t have an agenda, and it presents Christianity in a way that will appeal to believers and nonbelievers alike. I am a pioneer history buff, and I found enlightenment through Hines writing and his connection of faith to survival.
Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a must read for Wilder fans, as well as fans of pioneer history. I thoroughly enjoyed Hines’ explanation of faith and how it developed on the plains with pioneering settlers. Seeing how faith connected the Wilder family to each other, as well as the other pioneer families around them, made me believe in community and kinship again. I will be keeping Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder in my library forever, and I am so excited to have read more on Laura Ingalls Wilder and her amazing experience on the early American prairie.
*I received an ARC of this novel from Blogging for Books for review.
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