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  <title><![CDATA[Laddie: A True Blue Story (Library of Indiana Classics)]]></title>
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  <default_description>1913. Stratton-Porter was an American feminist, environmentalist, photographer and one of Indiana's most famous female authors. Many of her writings were moralistic and romantic novels. Laddie is a wonderful child's book and is thought to be based on her brother Leander who drowned in the Wabash River. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty or faded. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gene Stratton-Porter]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Jan 11 17:22:06 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite quote in the book:<br/><br/>&quot;Had I life to live over, I see now where I could do more; but neighbor, believe me, my highest aspiration is to be a clean, thrifty housekeeper, a bountiful cook, a faithful wife, a sympathetic mother. That is life work for any woman, and to be a good ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12049893">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 04 08:53:28 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 04 08:57:22 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book because it is the ideal life that I would love my kids to live...on a small family farm, working the land into something beautiful...the family all coming together for every life event...all the women learn everything they should learn about caring for their own home and raising ch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11627047">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Families who value good character]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Oliver Demille]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 07 01:05:55 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 17 07:42:46 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really love the natural education of little sister. I love how she has so many poems of the McGuffey readers memorized.<br/><br/>I love how well trained the characters of little sisters family are. I cant get over this remark by mother&quot;with all of our twelve never has there been one who and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10077388">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Feb 12 10:23:01 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 12 10:26:16 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read this book a number of times since I first received an old copy from my grandfather. It is such a sweet story of love between an older brother and a little sister (the narrator) in a large family of siblings. It also shows the romance blossoming between said favorite older brother and his g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15246552">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[What I have learned...  How to be a good mom. The importance of a good education.  The importance of a happy home kids want to come and stay.  Georgic approach to living with the land and community.  What kind of man I should have married and how to help my daughters choose more wisely.  Appreciatio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32378572">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Mar 01 08:49:33 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As my mother predicted... I loved this book.  It left me thinking that perhaps I was born about 150 years too late.  The idea of living off the land, surrounded by nature appeals to me.  But what I loved the most is the wonderful characters.  Laddie, the most honest, faithful, compassionate man who ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46706462">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="77464083">
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 11 13:09:23 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 12 10:07:04 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the delightful story of a loving family narrated from the perspective of the &quot;Little Sister.&quot; The story was published in 1913 and probably takes place in the mid to late 1800's. We get to appreciate Little Sister's love of the land, the birds, her family and particularly her love a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77464083">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 11 13:06:48 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 11 13:09:40 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book is one of my favorites and perfect for reading to children.  its about family, love, growing up, the importance of living a life of happiness doing what you love and the roles of men and women.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="41557846">
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 21 10:56:51 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 01 20:17:57 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 21 10:56:51 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[First things first, I admit it took all of us a while to get into the story.  I'm not one to quit a book, especially one so highly recommended, but I was trying to think of ways to help us through it, or stop for a while and go back.  I'm very glad we kept on.<br/><br/>I think our difficulties cam...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41557846">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36046645">
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Stefanie - Village Book Club]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Laddie: A True Blue Story by Gene Stratton-Porter is a hefty book. It is so full of details that you can't possibly try to zip through it. It also serves as a wonderful historical treatise on how &quot;The Bible Belt&quot; came to be.<br/><br/>Essentially we live a year with nine-year-old &quot;Litt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36046645">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33677356">
    <user id="1386477">
    <name><![CDATA[Jenny]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Monticello, UT]]></location>        
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[GWU]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 23 21:54:08 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 10 16:07:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gene Stratton-Porter is a wonderful writer.  Her stories are full of deep, moral characters.  I hope my children grow up to be like them. (2008)<br/><br/>I first read this book several years ago for the 5 Pillar Program.  My friend and I started it around the same time, and she whipped through, re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33677356">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32304653">
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 07 20:41:26 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 23 10:05:25 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is truly a joy to read.  We read it as a family in the evenings.  We got great laughs out of the Leon and Little Sister trying to hang one another.  (odviously we talked about the danger of this situation, but my children thought the whole sinario was just hilariously ridiculous.  They lau...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32304653">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17364159">
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    <name><![CDATA[Debbie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is one of the best I have read in years! It makes me want to pick up my family and go find a farm in the middle of nowhere.  It makes me want to live each day as if I am a good wife, a good mother and a good woman then lie is as successful as it can get. I want to show and receive respect ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17364159">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8134018">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[People who like Little House on the Prairie]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Oct 23 11:06:57 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <review id="2018626">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mary Jo]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't say the actual story is my favorite though it is well written and entertaining.  However, it has significant sentimental value.  When I was in 5th grade when we lived in Iowa, we were doing a family history project and were supposed to interview a grandparent.  So I interviewed my grandpa Ar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2018626">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17139987">
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[For a book that took me quite a bit longer to get through than most books, I LOVED this book!  The story is squeaky-clean with endearing characters that are more perfect than is humanly possible... and that was definitely okay with me.  It's a great one to read with your children as long as they can...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17139987">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a classic that I just love!  It is written creatively from the perspective of a 7 or 8 year old little girl in a family of 12 children.  There are so many little homey bits of wisdom to ponder even after you are finished with the book.  It is similar in style to Anne of Green Gables, Little ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70969732">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a pure delight.  I felt like I'd been transported to her farm and wished I could close my eyes and be ten again.  I could relate in a couple of ways to being Little Sister ( i have six older sibs).  My favorite parts were her mother's speech to Mr. Pryor and of course Laddie's message ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69704033">more...</a>]]></body>
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