tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post1200070157949621955..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Little Detective on the PrairieKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-89730784198315265232022-07-16T15:12:12.636+01:002022-07-16T15:12:12.636+01:00Thank you Deborah! I find the whole subject engros...Thank you Deborah! I find the whole subject engrossing. Prairie Fires came out in 2018, I think, and it won the Pulitzer PrizeRuth Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003567520622418193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-6687156143466910022022-07-15T23:19:27.779+01:002022-07-15T23:19:27.779+01:00Absolutely loved this post. Devoured all the books...Absolutely loved this post. Devoured all the books and the TV series and still read the Long Winter every year. Would love to get hold of Prairie Fires. How fascinating! Deborah Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156120348177986321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-47527293795846068942022-07-14T21:06:35.553+01:002022-07-14T21:06:35.553+01:00Yes exactly. It was all sunbonnets and good home c...Yes exactly. It was all sunbonnets and good home cookin' as I recall. The real story was rather different. I think you'll love them. I got the boys into them recently (surprisingly) as I thought they would help with GCSE History about the Great Plains etc<br />Ruth Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003567520622418193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-2787816438495073462022-07-14T21:05:30.716+01:002022-07-14T21:05:30.716+01:00Honestly Jane, they're so good. Even with the ...Honestly Jane, they're so good. Even with the background knowledge. Beautiful lyrical writing.Ruth Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003567520622418193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-9488981213813081162022-07-14T21:02:47.148+01:002022-07-14T21:02:47.148+01:00Another fascinating read! I really enjoyed the Lit...Another fascinating read! I really enjoyed the Little House on the Prairie’ tv series’ as a youngster, but like Peter assumed it was fictional - everything was way too perfect! I am yet to read these books, but most certainly will now. Thank you Ruth.JenRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01670171177303903861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-86954024218246831892022-07-14T20:58:56.307+01:002022-07-14T20:58:56.307+01:00This is really interesting. I grew up watching the...This is really interesting. I grew up watching the tv series. This has made me want to go and read all the books!Janeybishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08209509046638093178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-88258465813011390412022-07-13T22:26:01.821+01:002022-07-13T22:26:01.821+01:00Now I come to think of it, he was! Thank you Liz. ...Now I come to think of it, he was! Thank you Liz. That is a comfort. I seem to remember the actor was actually Michael Landon's son.Ruth Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003567520622418193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-80733545249434580622022-07-13T22:13:53.513+01:002022-07-13T22:13:53.513+01:00Really interesting read, Ruth. I devoured both boo...Really interesting read, Ruth. I devoured both books and TV series (initially because the lead looked so like my cousin!). I think I always realised the TV series was sanitised. If it's any comfort, Albert in the series was adopted.Liz Manninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08336479507729867159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-50598300573296142732022-07-13T19:06:47.844+01:002022-07-13T19:06:47.844+01:00Thank you, Umberto. That means a lot. She is a rem...Thank you, Umberto. That means a lot. She is a remarkable writer and as you say, is responsible for many young people loving reading and for that, I salute her. I think she was a strong, brave person who went through the most terrible times, but managed to succeed in publishing in late middle age. Good for her!Ruth Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003567520622418193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-10798025219359749102022-07-13T17:36:22.091+01:002022-07-13T17:36:22.091+01:00Kudos for this forthright and well-grounded essay ...Kudos for this forthright and well-grounded essay one of America's most influential and misunderstood writers. I found it fascinating even though never been a Little House fan -- in print, much less on TV. Say what we well, Ingalls's works did draw legions of young people into a love of reading. Umberto Tosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939504157464234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-9604187165698170792022-07-13T16:49:14.584+01:002022-07-13T16:49:14.584+01:00Not at all. The books I mentioned are well worth a...Not at all. The books I mentioned are well worth a read and I read the Guardian article you mentioned. Fascinating and how interesting to see how times have changed.Ruth Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003567520622418193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-32182801501750715522022-07-13T16:02:31.127+01:002022-07-13T16:02:31.127+01:00You know I always thought Little House on the Prai...You know I always thought Little House on the Prairie was fictional and even reading your article didn't let me twig. You know, sometimes how difficult it is to rid ourselves of misconceptions. Should have gone to Specsavers, as they say. Thanks for putting me right Ruth.Peter Leylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717370262319438102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-77050517827532711732022-07-13T14:42:36.215+01:002022-07-13T14:42:36.215+01:00Thanks Peter. I too was a fan of Coolidge and Mont...Thanks Peter. I too was a fan of Coolidge and Montgomery - great writers. I've come back to them again and again and the books come up as fresh as paint. I'll have to read that article - sounds right up my alley.<br /><br />I suggested the books to help the middle son with his GCSE History and he really took to it. I don't know if they would like Katy or Anne so much as that's fiction. They are more factual chaps.Ruth Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003567520622418193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-27210421786669152292022-07-13T08:48:48.635+01:002022-07-13T08:48:48.635+01:00Very interesting Ruth. great research. Although a ...Very interesting Ruth. great research. Although a boyhood fan of Susan Coolidge and L.M. Montgomery, I have never read Laura Ingalls Wilder. This is probably some defect after your fascinating account of the author's life in dustbowl America and the problems of becoming pregnant. I read an article yesterday in The Guardian about how women in C19 Wisconsin dealt with this very problem.<br /><br />Great to hear your teenage sons are reading them. Would they like Katy or Anne do you think? Peter Leylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717370262319438102noreply@blogger.com