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Bezig met laden... Libertarians on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Booksdoor Christine Woodside
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I honestly can't say whether fans of the Little Hous books will want to read this or not. The author has meticulously researched the collaboration through which Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane created the books. Woodside makes a strong case that part of Lane's contribution to the books was the development of libertarian themes throughout the plots and frameworks of the stories. Further, she illustrates the personal cost of the collaboration which eventually led to estrangement between the two women. As someone of decidedly liberal political views who has been a devoted fan of the books since I was six, I found Woodside's case both compelling and depressing. This was a very interesting book recounting the partnership between Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane in creating the Little House series. Woodside describes the conflicting relationship between mother and daughter and how the series brought them closer together, yet eventually drove them apart. Woodside also discusses the themes of individual freedom and basis of the Libertarian political movement within the Little House series and how this developed through Rose's emergence as one of the three female spearheads of the Libertarian party. A must read for anyone interested in Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, the Little House series of books, or the Libertarian political movement. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Generations of children have fallen in love with the pioneer saga of the Ingalls family, of Pa and Ma, Laura and her sisters, and their loyal dog, Jack. Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books have taught millions of Americans about frontier life, giving inspiration to many and in the process becoming icons of our national identity. Yet few realize that this cherished bestselling series wandered far from the actual history of the Ingalls family and from what Laura herself understood to be central truths about pioneer life. In this groundbreaking narrative of literary detection, Christine Woodside reveals for the first time the full extent of the collaboration between Laura and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. Rose hated farming and fled the family homestead as an adolescent, eventually becoming a nationally prominent magazine writer, biographer of Herbert Hoover, and successful novelist, who shared the political values of Ayn Rand and became a mentor to Roger Lea MacBride, the second Libertarian presidential candidate. Drawing on original manuscripts and letters, Woodside shows how Rose reshaped her mother's story into a series of heroic tales that rebutted the policies of the New Deal. Their secret collaboration would lead in time to their estrangement. A fascinating look at the relationship between two strong-willed women, Libertarians on the Prairie is also the deconstruction of an American myth"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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The research done for this book was quite extensive.
I enjoyed the narrator as well.
So glad I had, and took, the time to read this book. ( )