
Libertarians on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books
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Gabra Zackman
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 best-selling 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 Woodside reveals for the first time the full extent of the collaboration between Laura and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. Rose hated farming and fled the family homestead as an adolescent, eventually becoming a nationally prominent magazine writer, biographer of Herbert Hoover, and successful novelist, who shared the political values of Ayn Rand and became mentor to Roger Lea MacBride, the second Libertarian presidential candidate. Drawing on original manuscripts and letters, Woodside shows how Rose reshaped her mother's story into a series of heroic tales that rebutted the policies of the New Deal. Their secret collaboration would lead in time to their estrangement. A fascinating look at the relationship between two strong-willed women, Libertarians on the Prairie is also the deconstruction of an American myth.
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes - if they have read the Little House books and wish to know more about their creation.Have you listened to any of Gabra Zackman’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No. She did a very good job. Made this non fiction book interesting.For the "Little House" Enthusiast.
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Good Read
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I ended up borrow an e-book version from my library in order to read the sections that would absolutely not play on the audio version.
Disappointed that the audible version stops with 59 minutes left and the only weight it would continue was if I fast forwarded it by 2 minutes. This happened on multiple devices. After that point it played fine until about 2 minutes before the end of the book when it stopped again and I could not get it to play the last 2 and 1/2 minutes of the text; very disappointed in this.
Book gets stuck in 2 places
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Enjoyable read
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