Nov. 20, 2025

Meat Parasols and Snowdrift Saloons: Cindy Wilson’s THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW Uncovers the Reality of The Long Winter

Meat Parasols and Snowdrift Saloons: Cindy Wilson’s THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW Uncovers the Reality of The Long Winter
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Cindy Wilson couldn’t get the question out of her head: Was the Long Winter really as bad as Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote in her book? Answering that question—from trains to food to fuel—resulted in a book, The Beautiful Snow. Cindy visits the podcast to tell us all about it.


===================Theme music is "Roll the Old Chariot Along" from the album Green Willow by the Dreadnaughts. Used with permission.====================