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Wilder Days in Mansfield

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Deb Houdek Rule

The third weekend in September is Wilder Days in Mansfield, Missouri, full of activities and events. More information at: http://www.wilderdays-mansfieldmo.com/blog/ (from info Tweeted by LIW Museum WG)

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Confessions of a Prairie B***h

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Deb Houdek Rule

Yes, I censored the title for this review. Avert your eyes now if you don’t want to see the uncensored title of this book! Shocked I was, I tell you, shocked to see the pink cover with that title pop … Continue reading →

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Pioneer Girl: Laura’s Unpublished Memoirs

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Deb Houdek Rule

An online source for all of you to read Laura Ingalls Wilder’s unpublished memoir, “Pioneer Girl”. Continue reading →

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Laura Ingalls Wilder Updates

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Deb Houdek Rule

January 30 2011: Little House on the Prairie lawsuit settled. Recent additions: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s The Long Winter… Who could miss such a time as the Hard Winter? Also the story of the other couple, George and Maggie Masters, who … Continue reading →

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Little House Lawsuit Settled

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Deb Houdek Rule

Who owns “Little House on the Prairie”? January 25, 2011 The Associated Press reported a settlement had been reached between Friendly Family Productions, owners of the television series “Little House on the Prairie”, and the non-profit museum in Independence, Kansas … Continue reading →

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The Long Winter

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Deb Houdek Rule

Laura Ingalls Wilder and The Long Winter When I lived out west for ten years or so, and it never snowed and summers were brown and winters were rainy, the book I most read and reread when I was homesick … Continue reading →

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Tidbits about Laura Ingalls Wilder

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Deb Houdek Rule

Little bits and pieces of information and trivia about Laura Ingalls Wilder. Some you may know, some you may not… Based on the arrival in America of Edmund and Francis Ingalls in 1628, and at the rate they and their … Continue reading →

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The Ghost in the Little House by William V. Holtz

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Deb Houdek Rule

The Ghost in the Little House: A Life of Rose Wilder Lane by William V. Holtz, reviewed by Deb Houdek Rule. A biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s only daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. It is rather controversial among Laura’s fans as a major premise of the book is that Rose, not Laura, was the real writer of the beloved Little House series of books. Continue reading →

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Little House in the Ozarks: The Rediscovered Writings

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Deb Houdek Rule

Little House in the Ozarks: The Rediscovered Writings, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by Stephen W. Hines, reviewed by Deb Houdek Rule. A collection of articles Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote in the decades before the first of her “Little House” books came out. For about twenty years before her first book, “Little House in the Big Woods,” Laura was a regularly published writer of articles and essays in regional newspapers and farm magazines beginning in 1911. Continue reading →

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The Iowa Story by William Anderson

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Deb Houdek Rule

The Iowa Story: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life in Burr Oak, Iowa by William Anderson Reviewed by Deb Houdek Rule This is a small book, only fifty-two pages long, but it ably fills in the story of the Ingalls’ year in … Continue reading →

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