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“There was an old darkey And his name was Uncle Ned….” -Little House in the Big Woods  “She did not make one mistake in geography.” -Little House on the Prairie By Lizzie Skurnick We tend to excuse the “Little House” series’ offenses as a product ...

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page presents an unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood ...

Becoming a trailblazing country music superstar was an improbable destiny for Charley Pride, especially considering his humble beginnings as a sharecropper’s son on a cotton farm in Sledge, Mississippi. His unique journey to the top of the music charts includes a tumultuous detour through the ...

This month, America lost one of its great voices — one that broke barriers, record sales, and challenged genre standards, to forever alter the landscape of country music. Charley Pride was a man of many talents who started out in the world of baseball. But ...

By Peter Cooper and Barb Hall Often referred to as the "Jackie Robinson of Country music," merging the line between country music and baseball was a seamless transition for Charley Pride. Raised as less than a citizen in segregated Mississippi, Pride’s buttery voice and steely ...

In this clip from American Masters — Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page, Roxane Gay, Louise Erdrich, Pamela Smith Hill, Linda Sue Park and others discuss Wilder’s racist depictions of American Indian and Black people in the “Little House” book series.

Laura's charming courtship with Almanzo Wilder culminated in a wedding ceremony in which Laura refused to say the word "obey" because she didn't want to make a promise she couldn't keep. At this time in her life, she also demonstrated a very early talent for ...

The Ingalls family had a fresh start with 40 acres on Rocky Ridge Farm, a place that Laura Ingalls Wilder lived in for 62 years. But until she became a best-selling author, life was a constant struggle to make ends meet for Wilder. She and ...

Less known about the "Little House" series of books is the important role that Rose Wilder Lane, Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter, had in the crafting and initial editing of the stories. A series of letters between the mother and daughter collaborators reveals much about their ...

In 1874, the Ingalls family moved to Plum Creek in Minnesota. They built what was likely the nicest house they’d ever lived in, the weather was perfect and they expected a perfect crop that would pay off their debts. Then disaster struck with the arrival ...