I remember when I first figured out the girl in the “Little House” books was the same person who wrote the books. I was eight and was reading “On the Banks of Plum Creek.” Laura Ingalls, the girl in ...

Laura Ingalls Wilder fictionalized her life in the Little House on the Prairie books, which were adapted into the hit 1974 TV series, but neither work tells Wilder’s real story Wilder’s real-life ...

To many fans, the “Little House” book series, based on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life on the western frontier, captures the spirit of America. The stories tell a tale of adventure, of quiet resilience in ...

I used to love Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House on the Prairie” series, but in recent years it has fallen out of favor. And for good reason. The phrase “the only good Indian is a dead Indian,” for ...