The wilder life my adventures in the lost world of Little House on the Prairie

Wendy McClure is on a quest to find the world of beloved Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder-a fantastic realm of fiction, history, and places she's never been to, yet somehow knows by heart. She retraces the pioneer journey of the Ingalls family- looking for the Big Woods among...

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Main Author: McClure, Wendy
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, 2012.
Edition:1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
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Summary:Wendy McClure is on a quest to find the world of beloved Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder-a fantastic realm of fiction, history, and places she's never been to, yet somehow knows by heart. She retraces the pioneer journey of the Ingalls family- looking for the Big Woods among the medium trees in Wisconsin, wading in Plum Creek, and enduring a prairie hailstorm in South Dakota. She immerses herself in all things Little House, and explores the story from fact to fiction, and from the TV shows to the annual summer pageants in Laura's hometowns. Whether she's churning butter in her apartment or sitting in a replica log cabin, McClure is always in pursuit of "the Laura experience." Along the way she comes to understand how Wilder's life and work have shaped our ideas about girlhood and the American West.
Physical Description:336 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-336) and index.
ISBN:1594485682 (pbk.)
9781594485688 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Wendy McClure has been writing about her obsessions for nearly a decade, both online and in print. She is the author of the 2005 memoir I'm Not the New Me and a columnist for BUST magazine, and has contributed to The New York Times Magazine and This American Life .She works as a children's book editor and lives in Chicago with her husband.