Episode 151 The Long Winter ch. 10 "Three Days' Blizzard." Join us this week as we discuss Charles Barker, Almanzo's true age, working for 50 cents a day, buckwheat pancakes, ironstone, seed wheat, and a peck of wheat.
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Episode 150 - LW - Cap Garland
Episode 150 The Long Winter, chapter 9, "Cap Garland" Join us this week as we discuss shoes of the 1880s, George Bradley, Mary Power, Minnie Johnson, Cap Garland, "patent" desks, Florence Garland, Ben Woodworth, Arthur Johnson, the date of the blizzard, Mr. Foster/Silas Holmes, the Beardsley girls, the Wilmarth boys, Mead's Hotel, and Couse's Hardware.
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Episode 149 - LW - Settled in Town
Episode 149 Chapter 8 of the Long Winter, "Settled in Town". Join us this week as we discuss the Long Winter being translated for the Japanese market after World War II, how long it takes for wood to weather grey, who was Ellen's calf's father?, John Carroll, roll-top desks, Thomas Power, Daniel Loftus, the difference of straw vs. hay, the definition of "all hollow", the Sherwood family, the Garland family, the Owens family, "to bach", and Mr. Foster.
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Episode 148 - LW - Indian Warning
Episode 148 The Long Winter ch. 7, "Indian Warning" Join us this week as we discuss the third person omniscient narrator, where Royal and Almanzo homesteaded, which tribe the Native American may have been from, outdated depictions of Native Americans vis a vis language used, origin of the word "geezer", Ellie vs. Nell Boast, "to ceil", Laura not being allowed to stack hay in town, and Psalm 55:6.
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Episode 147 - LW - Indian Summer
Episode 147 Ch. 6 of the Long Winter, "Indian Summer". Join us this week as we discuss the origins of the phrase "Indian summer" and dovkies.
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