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Date Posted: 10:50:28 04/08/03 Tue
Author: Jennifer
Subject: Re: Pioneer Quest & China Shepardess
In reply to: Ann 's message, "Pioneer Quest" on 23:21:04 04/05/03 Sat

I searched the PBS website and couldn't find that show. I keyed in my area code but didn't get anything from it. Guess I'll go home and pour through the tv guide

On the China Shepardess - there has been a lot of speculation on this piece. There has never been "proof" of its existence. There IS a china figurine in Carrie's collection in the Black Hills. Now some feel that one is the one from Laura's books. However, I for one don't agree with that. Zoie was there a couple years ago and video taped everything in Carrie's collection, including the lady. I watched the video a few times and to me it does not fit the description at all from the books. So to me it was most likely a literary tool that Laura used in the books. Of course, no one will really ever know.... BTW - am I spelling shepardess correctly?? It looks wrong! LOL!

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[> [> Re: Pioneer Quest & China Shepardess -- Ann, 11:41:10 04/08/03 Tue

I have a feeling the China Shepardess (that spelling looks good to me too, Jennifer!) was just, as you say, just a literary tool for the books. Otherwise, when the books were published, Laura, or Carrie, or whoever had it, would have somehow publicized that fact, and it would have been featured in a magazine article or something when Laura was still living.
As for Pioneer Quest, I wonder if maybe it's just being shown as a re-run by individual stations, and the one here just happens to be one of them. I did find that it was filmed in Canada. If I find out any more info about it I'll post it. It looks as if it'll be a good show.

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