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She heard pa shouting,Jiminy crickets!It's raining fish-hooks and hammer handles!
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Age: 90 †
Born: 1867
Born: February 7
Died: 1957
Died: February 10
Autobiographer
Journalist
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Wisconsin
United States
Laura Ingalls
Lansford Ingalls
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder
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