Rich people are easy to write about. They tend to leave a legacy – letters, photographs, records of their lives. Poor people, on the other hand, leave little behind – a family Bible, maybe, a cherished photo or two. This,…
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Prairie Fires Readalong – Maiden Rock | Beyond Little House
Posted in Caroline Quiner Ingalls (Ma), Charles Ingalls (Pa), Laura's Legacy, Little House in the Big Woods, Prairie Fires, Research, Writings About Laura Tagged with: ancestry, heritage
Prairie Fires Readalong – On The Frontier | Beyond Little House
At the beginning of “On the Frontier,” Caroline Fraser describes the Big Woods in a way that is reminiscent of Laura’s description at the beginning of “Little House in the Big Woods,” even including a quote from the book. However,…
Call for Proposals – LauraPalooza 2019 | Beyond Little House
LauraPalooza 2019 – All Roads Lead to Laura The Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association Conference We invite submissions of paper, panel, and workshop proposals for review and possible acceptance for presentation at the fifth LauraPalooza conference, to be…
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Protecting their Land: The Ingallses, the Wilders, and the Married Women’s Property Acts | Beyond Little House
Guest Blog Author: Caroline Fraser A few years ago when I was doing research in De Smet for my forthcoming biography, Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, I was lucky enough to find in the Loftus Store…
More on “The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder” | Beyond Little House
There has been a bit of discussion in the comments of this post regarding the Pa’s Fiddle pledge drive, the release of Dean Butler’s “Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder” documentary, and the fact that $275 is a lot of money…