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Melanie Stringer, "Meet Laura Ingalls Wilder"
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GenderFemale
IndustryEducation
OccupationIndependent Historian
LocationPlymouth,, NH, United States
IntroductionIndependent Historian, specializing in first-person interpretation of Laura Ingalls Wilder, circa 1895.
InterestsAmerican Social History from Settlement to ~ 1900 with a focus on Education and Literacy, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Living History, American Transcendentalism, New Hampshire and New England History, Early American family life and American Cultural Heritage.
Favorite moviesPride & Prejudice (BBC w/Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth of course!), The Miracle Worker (1962, Anne Bancroft/Patty Duke), Jaws, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, The Princess Bride, Spinal Tap!
Favorite musicClassical favorites include Handel, Mozart, Vivaldi & the 3 Bs. I love most genres and have too many favorite artists to count, but a few of my all-time A-listers: Ben Folds, Beck, CCR, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, New Order, Poe, The Police, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Zepplin, Zappa...
Favorite booksAll Laura Ingalls Wilder titles--especially By The Shores of Silver Lake and The Long Winter, Nathaniel Hawthorne's Blithedale Romance, Mark Twain's The Mysterious Stranger, Jane Austen's Persuasion.

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