Ebook: Libertarians on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books

Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Note to the Reader; Introduction: Irene Lichty Turns Me Down; Part I: Outsiders; 1 Laura (1867â#x80;#x93;1885); 2 Rose and Laura (1886â#x80;#x93;1920); Part II: The Family Business; 3 The Albanian Inspiration; 4 The Writersâ#x80;#x99; Colony and the Crash; 5 The Big American Novel; 6 The Break-Up; Part III: The Estrangement; 7 The Hard Winter; 8 Libertarians in Connecticut; 9 Freedom; 10 Two Legacies; Part IV: Literature as Politics; 11 Roger, Roseâ#x80;#x99;s Libertarian Legacy; 12 What We Want; Acknowledgments; Appendix I: Paper Movements: Tracing Two Sets of Documents.;Generations of children have fallen in love with the pioneer saga of the Ingalls family, of Pa and Ma, Laura and her sisters, and their loyal dog, Jack. Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books have taught millions of Americans about frontier life, giving inspiration to many and in the process becoming icons of our national identity. Yet few realize that this cherished bestselling series wandered far from the actual history of the Ingalls family and from what Laura herself understood to be central truths about pioneer life. In this groundbreaking narrative of literary detection, Christine Woo.