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Bevat de naam: Donald Zochert

Werken van Donald Zochert

Murder in the Hellfire Club (1978) 46 exemplaren
Walking in America (1974) 17 exemplaren
Another Weeping Woman (1980) 12 exemplaren
Yellow Dogs (1989) 4 exemplaren
The Man of Glass (1982) 2 exemplaren

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Geboortedatum
1938-05-03
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Illinois, USA
Beroepen
newspaper reporter
Freelance writer

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Having just finished the "Little House" series, I was looking for more Laura Ingalls Wilder. I've read a couple more contemporary biographies of her, but this is the one I come back to.

Admittedly, it glosses over a lot of the tough parts of Laura's life. The book makes use of Laura's diaries and journals to fill in some "Little House" gaps. But I think the reason I liked this book so much was that it feels like you're reading a "Little House" book. Donald Zochert has absolutely captured the essence of Laura within these pages.

Absolutely lovely, nostalgic reading.
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briandrewz | 7 andere besprekingen | Mar 7, 2023 |
I enjoyed learning more about Laura, and getting some details on the years and places missing from her books, but the writing wasn't very good. Also, for every piece of information he provided he left out more, especially details, and there was a lot of attributing feelings to characters without any acknowledgement whether there's evidence they actually felt that way, or he's imagining how they might have felt, and that really annoyed me. And given all the speculating on emotions, there was precious little speculation on facts, such as why baby boy Ingalls died.… (meer)
 
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emrsalgado | 7 andere besprekingen | Jul 23, 2021 |
I loved this book so much. I was such a Little House fan back when I was in grade school and junior high. I was a bit bummed when Dad used it to prop the TV set up on one side since I think a piece broke off from underneath the right side. (Remember the old days before flat screens?) It dented the book cover. My best friend also read the book but wasn't as enamored of Laura Ingalls as I was.
 
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Chica3000 | 7 andere besprekingen | Dec 11, 2020 |
The story has a clever premise --Ben Franklin, while in London in the 1750s to negotiate with the Penn family as agent of the colony of Pennsylvania, investigates the apparent murder by electrocution of the porter at the Vulture Tavern, which leads him to the Hellfire Club. Despite the clever concept, I did not enjoy this book as much as I expected I would. It seems to emphasize the more sordid and grim aspects of London life at the time.
 
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antiquary | Sep 18, 2016 |

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Werken
6
Leden
848
Populariteit
#30,161
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
9
ISBNs
19
Talen
2

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