my obsession with a pioneer girl - rants, raves & random bits of laura ingalls wilder research, past and present
FYI
BIG WOODSPepin, Wisconsin
FARMER BOYWilder Homestead
INDIAN TERRITORYWayside, Kansas
PLUM CREEK PREEMPTIONWalnut Grove, Minnesota
THE YEAR IN BURR OAKBurr Oak, Iowa
LIW MEMORIAL SOCIETY De Smet, South Dakota
INGALLS HOMESTEADDe Smet, South Dakota
ROCKY RIDGE FARMMansfield, Missouri
KEYSTONE MUSEUMKeystone, South Dakota
METHODIST CHURCH MUSEUMSpring Valley, Minnesota
POMONA PUBLIC LIBRARYPomona, California
HERBERT HOOVER LIBRARYWest Branch, Iowa
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERSNew York, New York
LHOP, THE MUSICALLittle House Productions LP
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Making the best of things - a damn poor way of dealing with them. My whole life has been a series of escapes from that quicksand.
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January 24, 2010
virginia kirkus
"Unique," said the shade of Mr. Noah Webster, "is being without a like or equal." Miss Virginia Kirkus of New York is just like that. Her job is her own invention, and is patented in all languages, including the Scandinavian. She picks out best sellers, both fiction and nonfiction, long before authors, publishers and booksellers know the books are going to be even moderate sellers." - David Hazen
It was Kirkus who knew the "Little House" books were going to be hits.
Laura Ingalls Wilder researcher John Bass phoned me tonight to ask if I had photos of Virginia Kirkus and/or Marion Fiery. Here's one of Kirus from the 1940s. Hanging up the phone to post it.
- posted by pioneergirl at 10:38 PM
