Prairie Queen

[Per Axson Hambrunger]

Please, tell me! What kind of thing is a prairie queen?

[Elisabeth Thorsell]

In Vilhelm Moberg's books it is a cast iron wooden stove (vedspis), that Karl Oskar takes home in secret and installs as a surprise for Kristina on Christmas morning.

[Per Axson Hambrunger]

Tack, Elisabeth!

[Judy Olson Baouab]

Prairie Queen was the brand name of that stove.
 
Judy

[Olle Andersson]

For Prairie Queen - look here for an extract from The Settlers by Vilhelm Moberg:
M1,http://books.google.se/books?id=J3e0iomEQ9kC&pg=PA323&lpg=PA323&dq=prairie+qu een+stove&source=web&ots=s5-neGHe6T&sig=NdQwGuy3SnUx0-V-EIPkZiuxOMQ&hl=sv#PPA321 ,M1

[Per Axson Hambrunger]

Thank you too, Judy and Olle! Now I know what a Prairie Queen is!