Melissa Gilbert
The Way I See It: Melissa Sue Anderson on the Today Show
I find it somewhat ironic that first Laura’s books were converted to television — and now the stars of that television series are all writing books.
We told you about Melissa Gilbert’s Prairie Tale: A Memoir last year. Melissa played the part of “Laura” on the popular television series Little House on the Prairie.
Alison Arngrim, better
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Melissa Gilbert on the Today Show
The Today Show had a nice segment on Little House on the Prairie: the Musical. Watch it here:
Today Show Interview with Melissa Gilbert
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Prairie Tale: Part 2
Read Part 1 here regarding Melissa Gilbert’s autobiography, Prairie Tale.
The publicity hit the fan before the book was even published. Headlines flashed the secrets Melissa spilled in her book regarding her own life and that of other Hollywood stars. I had to just stop reading them. I wanted to read it from Melissa, in the
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Prairie Tale: Part 1
I rarely watch tv or go to the movies. I have no interest in the Hollywood scene, never have. I pay no attention to actors and actresses, and have no idea who plays in what.
With one exception.
I grew up watching Little House on the Prairie, and I mean that literally. The show began the year
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So Many Books, So Little Time
I’m not writing a post today. Three reasons.
1. Several announcements to make.
2. Not a lot of time.
3. There’s just no way I could follow up that fantabulous post of Sandra’s yesterday.
So I leave you with a list of announcements, and a promise of something more substantial next time.
1. Congratulations to our co-contributor, Amy Mattson Lauters,
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Laura's Cousin
Imagine picking up a copy of Little House in the Big Woods and reading it for the very first time. Imagine reading about the sugaring-off dance at Grandpa’s, and the jigging contest between Grandma and Uncle George.
And then imagine, just for a moment, that you are reading about your own family.
That’s how it was for
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More Laura Ingalls Wilder Tweeting!
Now everyone’s favorite brown-eyed Laura Ingalls, Melissa Gilbert, is tweeting over at Twitter. Find her at @MelissaEGilbert, where she posts about her dogs, the entertainment industry, her family, her post-forty expanding buttocks, and anything else that strikes her fancy. She also answers questions Twittered to her about Little House on the Prairie, her upcoming book, and her family.
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Prairie Tale: A Memoir
Melissa Gilbert, of Little House on the Prairie television and musical fame, has just announced the publication of her new book, Prairie Tale: A Memoir, which will be released on June 9, 2009.
The autobiography chronicles Melissa’s years on the Little House set, including the personal struggles she faced during those years, and continues on to
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The Prairie House Manor
Among the earliest citizens of De Smet was its banker, Thomas Ruth. Banker Ruth receives several mentions in The Long Winter as having bought out the lumberyard and then the last bag of flour at costs higher than the Ingalls family could have afforded anyway. In 1894, the year that Almanzo and Laura left De
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