Susan Thurlow Episode 36 of Trundlebed Tales all about A Doctor Fetched By A Family Dog, Dr. George Tann. It originally aired Saturday, October 27, 2012.Listen to host Sarah Uthoff and Susan Thurlow as they talk about Dr. George Tann.…
Tag: Minor Characters in Little House books
Almost Ten Months
My baby boy spends most of the day on his feet. He’s got the run of a fenced-in pen that confines him nicely. He moves around the perimeter more gracefully each day, his chubby fingers solidly gripping the thin plastic…
Listen and Remember
When supper was over, Uncle George went outside the door and blew his army bugle, long and loud. It made a lovely, ringing sound, far away through the Big Woods. The woods were dark and silent and the trees stood…
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Wilder Barns Burn! — in 1851
Extra, extra, read all about it! Wilder Barns Burn But don’t panic — this is no recent devastation, but rather, a headline culled from an 1851 edition of the Franklin Gazette, courtesy of the Franklin County Historical Society in New…
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Great Discussion a Few Chapters Back
One of the limits of this blog is that truly organic discussions, no matter how pertinent or thoughtful, can so easily get left behind. I’d love to explore an alternative to comments that would keep discussions dynamic, interesting, and front-and-center.…
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A Word from Willie
“They can’t ride on my velocipede!” The phrase springs into my head upon the mere mention of the name Willie Oleson. Willie is a fun character, I think. Like the character of Nellie, Willie in the book series is a…
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First James, Then George, Then Grandpa
The story of “Grandpa’s Sled and the Pig” told in Little House in the Big Woods is a popular one. It’s interesting how stories about naughty children are so much more fun than stories about well-behaved ones. But the story…
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Grandpa’s father
Lately, I’ve been thinking about Samuel Worthen Ingalls. Laura’s great-grandfather. He interests me because he is the one ancestor Laura never met who makes it into one of her books as a minor character. As I wonder what kind of…
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Whatever Happened to Mary Power?
This question has been a common one over the decades, with not much of an answer available until recent years. Gina Terrana, who has researched the life of Mary Power and published articles on her in the Laura Ingalls Wilder…
Laura Ingalls Wilder Family Letters Go Online
We are pleased to share the following announcement from Michael Edmonds, head of Digital Collections at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Wisconsin Historical Society has recently published on its website more than a dozen original letters written during the Civil…