A deeply researched and elegantly written portrait of laura ingalls wilder, author of the little house on the prairie series, that describes how wilder transformed her familys story of poverty, failure and struggle into an uplifting tale of selfreliance, familial love and perseverance. There was nothing predictable about the wildes family life. More astute and forbearing, yet more fallible than legend has allowed, wilde is given here the dimensions of a modern hero. Ellmanns james joyce 1959, for which he won the national book award in 1960, is considered one of the most acclaimed literary biographies of the 20th century and the 1982 revised edition of the work was similarly recognised with the award of the james tait black memorial prize. Oscar fingal oflahertie wills wilde was born on october 16th, 1854 in dublin, ireland. Richard ellmann capped an illustrious career in biography his james joyce is considered one of the masterpieces of the 20th century with this life of oscar wilde. National book award for nonfiction for james joyce 1959. Richard ellman won the pulitzer for his work on oscar wilde, and with good reason. As for his mother, lady wilde, she had broken with her familys unionist politics by writing vehement poetry in support of the irish nationalist movement.
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