The Homesteader Issues
Content synopses for past and current issues of The Homesteader Newsletter.
Issue 18, Winter 2010-2011
How to order the 18th issue of the Homesteader, the newsletter all about Laura Ingalls Wilder and her homesites.
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Issue 17, Summer 2010
The 17th issue of the Homesteader looks into Laura Ingalls Wilder’s different gingerbread recipes and explains why the home of Betsy-Tacy is the perfect setting for the very first LauraPalooza conference.
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Issue 16, Winter 2009-2010
What you’ll find in Issue 16 (Winter 2009-2010) of the Homesteader newsletter.
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Issue 14, Winter 2008-2009
In this issue: in-depth interviews with Kevin Massey and Kara Lindsay, “Almanzo” and “Laura,” respectively, in the Little House on the Prairie Musical preview for an upcoming conference in summer 2010 about Laura Ingalls Wilder, Laurapalooza announcing a new comprehensive, one-stop Laura Ingalls Wilder web site, Beyond Little House reviews of the Dean Butler-produced DVD
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Issue 13, Summer 2008
In this issue: in-depth feature on how Dean Butler, “Almanzo” on “Little House on the Prairie,” connects 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
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Issue 12, Winter 2007-2008
In this issue: 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
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Issue 11, Summer 2007
In this issue: the Homesteader talks with Leslie A. Kelly, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s homesite photographer a conversation with Amy Mattson Lauters, the editor of the latest book about Rose Wilder Lane we get to know four new homesite directors, in Independence, Burr Oak, Spring Valley, and Walnut Grove how the homesites are celebrating 50 years
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Issue 10, Winter 2006-2007
In this issue: How does “Filling the Ice House” in Farmer Boy compare to actual ice harvesting history? A living history expert weighs in. The Little House Cookbook celebrates its 25th anniversary. Little House Cookbook author Barbara Walker’s darker view of Pa Wilder Possibilities: Did Laura have false teeth? National Public Radio and National Endowment
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Issue 9, Summer 2006
In this issue: The history of name cards and how they’re integrated into Little Town on the Prairie Editor and publisher’s note of how the Homesteader came to be An update on the second volume of Little House® music from Pa’s Fiddle Recordings A new column: Wilder Possibilities, an opinion column by Laura fans for
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