This year marks the 85th anniversary of the publication of “Little House on the Prairie” [via PBS.org] Premiere date: Dec 29, 2020 | 00:03:26 American Masters Explores the Cultural Legacy an
Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association Announces LauraPalooza 2019: All Roads Lead to Laura
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association (LIWLRA) today announced registration for LauraPalooza 2019: All Roads Lead to Laura, the only academic and fan gathering celebrating the liter
Prairie Fires Readalong – Epilogue
Epilogue – Definition: a conclusion, comment, postscript, supplement, addendum, postlude, denouement, swan song, peroration.
Does it have to be over? I would rather it not. Ev
Prairie Fires Readalong – There is Gold in the Farm
What happened after Laura’s death to shape the way we see everything ‘Little House’ related today? Who were the players and what roles did they play? Does this change what you think or how you think a
Prairie Fires Readalong – Sunshine and Shadow
According to Caroline Fraser, Laura Ingalls Wilder often wrote this at beginning of her fan letters about her life: “It is a story filled with sunshine and shadow” (479.) As with everything in F
Laura & Rose and Nancy & Emily: Two Women Writers Talk Prairie Fires, Chapter 12
(Guest post by Nancy McCabe and Emily Anderson, in conversation)
Nancy: One of the reasons I chose this chapter is that I’ve always found the relationship between Laura and Rose so intriguing.
Prairie Fires Readalong – Dusty Old Dust
Pick the Dust Bowl chapter, the meteorologist said. I’ll relate to it, she said.
Well, I’ll get to talk about the Dust Bowl, but it looks like I’m going to have to talk politics, too. Let’s take a dee
Prairie Fires Readalong – A Ruined Country
Guest Blog Post by Kristi Martin —
This chapter begins with Laura Ingalls Wilder’s journey to visit her past in the prairies. Returning with her husband to DeSmet, South Dakota was a homecoming to a
Prairie Fires Readalong – Pioneer Girl
This week’s blog was written by Karen and Kevin Pearce Kevin:
As I did with chapter 6, here are definitions for words that I had to look up due to the imparity between Fraser’s vocabulary and my own.
Prairie Fires Readalong – The Absent Ones
When looking at the title of this chapter, the beginning pages of this chapter meshed in my brain to make sense, most of the rest of the chapter made me look at the work absent in a different light.&n
Prairie Fires Readalong – As a Farm Woman Thinks
A couple months ago, our minister began her sermon by saying that it is common to hear “They had more time in the old days, even referring to the pioneers” My best friend gave me a pointed look to whi
Prairie Fires Readalong – A World Made
One thing that has made reading this book both exciting and humbling for me so far is the fact that Fraser’s vocabulary exceeds mine by leaps and bounds. I just finished writing my doctoral dissertati