Saturday, March 05, 2005
march 3
Laura Ingalls Wilder
1867-1957
author of 8 "little house" books
i'm not going to really go into her biography because i think we all know it, if we read the books! which i certainly did. more than once i'm sure.
but i think it's pretty interesting and amazing that she didn't publish her first book until she was 65. i guess the impetus was the fact that she and her husband lost pretty much their life savings in the stock market crash.
also the books were written as a collaboration between laura and her daughter rose, who was a writer herself. she really gave laura the courage to write.
when i read these books, i loved them because of the stories and because of how brave and independent laura was. i imagined i was her in my mind. i loved discovering the TV show because i fancied I looked like melissa gilbert.
i know now, I would have been a pretty horrible pioneer girl.
oh well i still love the books and i'm going to make my children read them.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
1867-1957
author of 8 "little house" books
i'm not going to really go into her biography because i think we all know it, if we read the books! which i certainly did. more than once i'm sure.
but i think it's pretty interesting and amazing that she didn't publish her first book until she was 65. i guess the impetus was the fact that she and her husband lost pretty much their life savings in the stock market crash.
also the books were written as a collaboration between laura and her daughter rose, who was a writer herself. she really gave laura the courage to write.
when i read these books, i loved them because of the stories and because of how brave and independent laura was. i imagined i was her in my mind. i loved discovering the TV show because i fancied I looked like melissa gilbert.
i know now, I would have been a pretty horrible pioneer girl.
oh well i still love the books and i'm going to make my children read them.
