Little House Series - Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Re: Little House Series - Laura Ingalls Wilder
GKCfan -- would you be able to elaborate? I am interested in what other resources you may be referring to ... Definitely interested in learning what she held back.GKCfan wrote:I suggest that you look around for some of the books and articles about what Wilder left out of her books. It's very interesting and adds to the story, making the story more complex.
Also, I found on a news thread somewhere that her diaries are about to be published, perhaps containing some of this material.
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I cannot speak for GKCfan, but they may be referring to the book The Ghost in the Little House by William Holtz. In it, the author states that LIW's books were far more edited by her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, than we were led to believe. I have not read the book, but being a huge LIW fan I have heard the controversy in regards to this. Many people people that RWL actually wrote more of the Little House books than LIW did. I have actually seen people argue about this on Little House forums. It is probably something that will never truly be settled.
LIW herself categorized her books as historical fiction, and I know that she leaves out several things in her book that may surprise people. For instance, baby Carrie was not actually born during the Little House in the Big Woods book. LIW had never intended to write more than the first book and she wanted to include her baby sister in it, so she added Carrie. Carrie was not born until they were in Kansas, I believe.
Also, during The Long Winter another couple lived with the Ingalls family in their house in town and that is also something that LIW leaves out.
I have also heard some controversy in regards to how they paid for Mary to go to the Blind School in Iowa. The Ingalls family did not need to pay for her actual schooling and room/board, as it was covered for them through the government. However, the Ingalls family did need to pay for Mary's travel expenses as well as her clothing for the several years that she attended. But many feel that LIW intentionally left that out as a way to portray the family's struggle of raising money to send Mary to school.
These are just some of the controversies I have read about in regards to the Little House books. It doesn't stop me from loving them or LIW. And now I have officially outed myself as a huge LH dork, and I am okay with that!
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I had no knowledge of those things. Huh. I should totally research that... I'm intrigued.
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And yes, I am a dork and am proud of it!
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I'm going to look into that book too.
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