The Homesteader Issues
Content synopses for past and current issues of The Homesteader Newsletter.
Issue 15, Summer 2009
In this issue:
The author of an upcoming book on Laura shares her experience with dash butter churning
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
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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 “Almanzo Wilder: Life Before
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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 Guide to Life
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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 preview on Dean Butler’s
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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 since Laura’s passing
Never been
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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 for the Humanities take note
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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 Laura fans. This one
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Issue 8, Winter 2005-2006
In this issue:
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
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Issue 7, Summer 2005
In this issue:
a Laura fan who is also a doctor offers her best medical guess as to what ailment was truly responsible for Mary’s degeneration into blindness.
a full-color pictorial of the daylong annual Prairie Days Festival in Independence, Kansas. See the celebration in full at the setting of Little House on the Prairie.
a review
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Issue 6, Winter 2004-2005
In this issue:
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
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