Back to past issues catalog — to order
Summer 2002 (Issue 1) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
Advice on how to avoid eBay scams on LIW merchandise; a news story recounting a conference on current, brand-new LIW research from a conference held in DeSmet in 2001; a feature on Walnut Grove; an extensive look at Ingalls Homestead, Laura’s newest “homesite” in DeSmet, and an interview with its owners, the Sullivan family
Winter 2002-2003 (Issue 2) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
An interview with the man who plays Pa’s fiddle at events in Mansfield, Missouri; groundbreaking research on Mary Power; a look at the latest grant-funded changes to the Independence, Kansas homesite; how one Laura fan tracked down a log building in Colorado that was dedicated to and named after Rose Wilder Lane
Summer 2003 (Issue 3) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
In-depth look at Little House Site Tours; feature on June Silliman, “Dear Laura” on the Web site for the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum; review of the compendium of letters between Rose Wilder Lane and Dorothy Thompson, 25 Years of Friendship; update on Burr Oak, IA’s fundraising
Winter 2003-2004 (Issue 4) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
Feature plus compelling photos of the Almanzo Wilder Farm; an in-depth look at the South Dakota tornadoes in the 1880s that lend credence to the storms in These Happy Golden Years; a synopsis of Ingalls Homestead’s first “Teachers’ Day”; review of Old Town in the Green Groves, a controversial “new” book about Laura’s years in Burr Oak, IA; FAQs on Laura’s manuscript “Pioneer Girl”
Summer 2004 (Issue 5) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
A historical look at the grasshopper plagues of the 1870s Midwest that Laura recounted in On the Banks of Plum Creek; an interview with renowned LIW biographer William T. Anderson; an LIW children’s entertainer shares her experiences performing with a real pig’s bladder; the history of an annual Gingerbread Sociable in LIW’s honor at a library in California; a review of Prairie Girl, Anderson’s new juvenile biography on LIW; farewell to Burr Oak, Iowa’s longtime director
Winter 2004-2005 (Issue 6) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
A factual look at the “Hard Winter” of 1880-1881, as part of our continuing series on Laura’s life in a historical context; photographs and description of a pre-restoration visit to the Wilder home in Malone; a feature on Laura’s visit to San Francisco (told about in West from Home); a heartwarming story of organ donation at a homesite museum; Cap Garland — did he really save DeSmet?; a look at Walnut Grove’s 30th Anniversary Celebration
Summer 2005 (Issue 7) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
A Laura fan in the medical field investigates the cause of Mary’s blindness; full-color pictures of the annual June festival in Independence; a review of “Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie,” ABC’s 2005 miniseries; the story behind the bra named after LIW, plus a photo; information on subscribing to homesite museum newsletters, plus how to become a member; review of The Children’s Blizzard, a book about 1880s blizzards in South Dakota and surrounding areas; tracking down the bell Pa helped to buy in On the Banks of Plum Creek; and complete listings of 2005′s homesite events.
Winter 2005-2006 (Issue 8) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
Uncle Tom Quiner’s journey into the Black Hills is revisited using non-Little House® sources, and the resulting article contains a newly discovered photo of Uncle Tom; musicologist Dale Cockrell tells how “Happy Land,” essentially a soundtrack to the Little House® books, came to be; a Laura fan and essayist ponders her life in terms of what Ma Ingalls would do; “Little House” mentions by Lemony Snicket; an interview with The Wilders, a contemporary old-time acoustic band that plays songs from Laura’s time; a review of De Smet’s Laura-related event from Summer 2005; and complete listings of homesite events.
Summer 2006 (Issue 9) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
All about “those new-fangled name cards”; update on the next installment of the Little House® “soundtrack”; a new opinion column called “Wilder Possibilities”; finding Laura’s pathway to home on Rocky Ridge; a letter from the editor and publisher; what Bruce Springsteen has to do with Little House®; an Ingalls house you shouldn’t visit; a collection of little known facts about Laura, Rose, and the Little House® series; and complete listing of homesite events.
Winter 2006-2007 (Issue 10) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
Ice harvesting history as compared to “Filling the Ice House” in Farmer Boy; 19th-century life in the sod; celebrating the anniversary of the publication of the Little House Cookbook – an interview with author Barbara Walker; review of Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder; Did Laura have false teeth?
Summer 2007 (Issue 11) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
Interview with Leslie A. Kelly, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s photographer; a conversation with the editor of the latest book about Rose; getting to know four new homesite directors; celebrating 50 years since Laura’s passing; all about the Laura Ingalls Wilder pageants in De Smet, Walnut Grove, and Mansfield.
Winter 2007-2008 (Issue 12) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
The Homesteader talks with Pamela Smith Hill, author of the recent biography Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer’s Life; A living history expert talks about creating historically accurate clothes for The Almanzo Wilder Farm in Malone; Recounting a road trip from Burr Oak to Malone, organized by the homesite at Burr Oak; a preview on Dean Butler’s DVD for the Almanzo Wilder Farm, “Almanzo Wilder: Life Before Laura”; a preview of the upcoming “Little House on the Prairie” musical at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
Summer 2008 (Issue 13) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
In-depth feature on how Dean Butler, “Almanzo” on “Little House on the Prairie,” joins the TV and book worlds; a critical look at the “new” single-book spinoffs of the Little House® series; an interview with Jennifer Worick, author of The Prairie Girl’s Guide to Life; a sixth-grader’s take on The Prairie Girl’s Guide to Life
Winter 2008-2009 (Issue 14) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
In-depth interviews with Kevin Massey and Kara Lindsay, “Almanzo” and “Laura,” respectively, in the “Little House on the Prairie musical”; announcing a new comprehensive, one-stop Laura Ingalls Wilder web site, Beyond Little House (www.beyondlittlehouse.com); preview for an upcoming conference in summer 2010 about Laura Ingalls Wilder, LauraPalooza; reviews of the Dean Butler-produced DVD “Almanzo Wilder: Life Before Laura” and the Anita Clair Fellman book Little House, Long Shadow
Summer 2009 (Issue 15) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
The author of an upcoming book on Laura shares her experience with dash butter churning; where to buy the right churn; a high school biology teacher talks about walking in Laura’s footsteps in trips taken from the pages of her books; looking at Caroline Ingalls’ path through life
Winter 2009-2010 (Issue 16) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
Preview of Dean Butler’s documentary on Laura’s life; extended interview with Kevin Massey and Kara Lindsay, now on the national tour of Little House: the Musical; getting to know the Todd family, New Jersey transplants who run the Prairie House Manor B&B in De Smet; a preview of panels and presentations at LauraPalooza 2010.
Summer 2010 (Issue 17) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
Unraveling the mystery of Laura’s gingerbread recipe; all about Maud Hart Lovelace’s Mankato-baseed Betsy-Tacy series; reviews of two LIW-inspired books; Homesite Happenings and Little House® news.
**LAURAPALOOZA 2010: Legacies** (Special Issue 1) $7.00 includes shipping and tax
A recap of the first-ever multi-day academic conference dedicated to Laura Ingalls Wilder, which took place in July 2010. Six pages of photos and articles to help you re-live the event or experience it through the eyes of those who were there.
Winter 2010-2011 (Issue 18) $6.00 includes shipping and tax
An extensive interview with meteorologist and LauraPalooza speaker Barbara Mayes Boustead; a feature on last fall’s groundbreaking Laura exhibit in Michigan, plus photos; a little something about a buffalo wallow; an introduction to the new historical director, Michelle Martin, in Independence and what to expect from the site in the next few years; Homesite Happenings and Little House® news.
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