Laura Ingalls Wilder
Her 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 into the best-selling “Little House” series.
AMERICAN MASTERS FILM
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page (Dec 2020)Directed by Mary McDonagh Murphy
Written Features
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
The subtle libertarian politics of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House” books
Wilder was not a fan of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" programs.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
What should be done about racist depictions in the “Little House” books?
In some instances, racist passages in the "Little House" series were amended in newer editions...
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
8 Interesting facts about Laura Ingalls Wilder
Learn more about the real life of the pioneering author.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
What’s it like to attend “Laurapalooza,” the conference for Laura Ingalls Wilder superfans (“bonnetheads”)?
Writer Sandra Hume reveals what can be learned at Wilder fan conferences.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
A “Little House” adulthood: How the books changed when I grew up
"Perhaps when we re-read the "Little House" books as adults, they stop being children’s books...
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
In promoting the “myth of white self-sufficiency,” the “Little House” books rewrite history
Writer Lizzie Skurnick on how bigotry "...is the driving force of the narrative."
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How well do you know the life and work of Laura Ingalls Wilder? Test your...
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
How well do you know the life and work of Laura Ingalls Wilder? Test your...
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s famous gingerbread recipe
Whenever she brought her gingerbread to a church social or party, it always disappeared!
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
Laura Ingalls Wilder biographical timeline
Explore the life and career of the author.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
Favorite quotes from the “Little House” books
"She had not known before that it takes two to make a smile."
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 1916 column for Thanksgiving reminds us to “just be glad that we...
In this column from 1916, Wilder reminds us to be thankful of aspects of life...
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
10 of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s most inspiring quotes
“The future is in our hands to make it what we will.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
127 songs are mentioned in the “Little House” books. This playlist presents many of them.
The pages of Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books are filled with the music of...
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
A Laura Ingalls Wilder suggested reading list
Video Features
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page trailer
A look at the unlikely author whose fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
The letter from NY that changed Laura Ingalls Wilder's life
The news, at age 64, from a New York editor was unexpected for Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
Roxane Gay and others on racist “Little House” depictions
Roxane Gay, Louise Erdrich and others discuss racist depictions in Wilder’s books.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
The word that Laura refused to say in her wedding vows
Laura Ingalls' courtship with Almanzo Wilder led to a unique wedding ceremony.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
Until she was an author, money was a struggle for Wilder
Until she became a best-selling author, making ends meet was a struggle.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
The secret mother-daughter collaboration on “Little House”
Recent scholarship has shed light on this secret collaboration.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
Disaster was looming when the Ingalls moved to Minnesota
Disaster struck with the arrival of the Rocky Mountain locust invasion of 1875.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
How the logs of the "Little House" cabin were stolen
How the logs that Charles Ingalls used for the little house belonged to Osage Indians.