Re: [Listref] Hayman Fire
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: snippage Exactly! _Little House On The Prairie_; the fire may have been set by the Indians before their big migration, to make it easier for the travois to be pulled, and something about encouraging new grass growth for their ponies... IIRC. The Cover Had Laura Racing Bareback Flatout Maru I thought that _On the Shores of Silver Lake_ was the one with her riding bareback flat-out, and that _Little House on the Prairie_ had the picture of her looking out the back of the covered wagon. (And it was _Little Town on the Prairie_ that had the sisters with the kitten, and I could probably describe a number of other covers, but probably nobody else is interested) Oooh, I think you're right! (But it *is* typical of me that the cover I'd remember first has a horse on it... :D ) I never read _Little Town'_, or several others (First 4, Happy Golden etc) so I missed the episode with the kittens... My best friend and I, after reading about the incident with the Indians and the prairie fire, not only gave ourselves 'Indian' names, but had a newcomer girl convinced that we were adopted 'off the reservation.' (Well, also after seeing Disney's Tonka Wakan (sp?) about the lone survivor of Custer's debacle - the horse Comanche.) ;) We Spoke With Forked Tongues Maru __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: [Listref] Hayman Fire
Deborah Harrell wrote: --- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: Prairie fire that would outrace a horse Maru (from another 'Little House' book) Which one? I'm trying to remember, and about all I *can* remember is something about Pa plowing a firebreak around the house, and after the fire swept through, the house being on a little island in a sea of char Exactly! _Little House On The Prairie_; the fire may have been set by the Indians before their big migration, to make it easier for the travois to be pulled, and something about encouraging new grass growth for their ponies... IIRC. The Cover Had Laura Racing Bareback Flatout Maru I thought that _On the Shores of Silver Lake_ was the one with her riding bareback flat-out, and that _Little House on the Prairie_ had the picture of her looking out the back of the covered wagon. (And it was _Little Town on the Prairie_ that had the sisters with the kitten, and I could probably describe a number of other covers, but probably nobody else is interested) Julia Book-intensive Girlhood Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: [Listref] Hayman Fire
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: Prairie fire that would outrace a horse Maru (from another 'Little House' book) Which one? I'm trying to remember, and about all I *can* remember is something about Pa plowing a firebreak around the house, and after the fire swept through, the house being on a little island in a sea of char Exactly! _Little House On The Prairie_; the fire may have been set by the Indians before their big migration, to make it easier for the travois to be pulled, and something about encouraging new grass growth for their ponies... IIRC. The Cover Had Laura Racing Bareback Flatout Maru __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: [Listref] Hayman Fire
Deborah Harrell wrote: Prairie fire that would outrace a horse Maru (from another 'Little House' book) Which one? I'm trying to remember, and about all I *can* remember is something about Pa plowing a firebreak around the house, and after the fire swept through, the house being on a little island in a sea of char Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
