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- Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Woman behind the Legend
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: University of Missouri Press
- Series: Missouri Biography Series
summary
Although generations of readers of the Little House books are familiar with Laura Ingalls Wilder’s early life up through her first years of marriage to Almanzo Wilder, few know about her adult years. Going beyond previous studies, Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder focuses upon Wilder’s years in Missouri from 1894 to 1957. Utilizing her unpublished autobiography, letters, newspaper stories, and other documentary evidence, John E. Miller fills the gaps in Wilder’s autobiographical novels and describes her sixty-three years of living in Mansfield, Missouri. As a result, the process of personal development that culminated in Wilder’s writing of the novels that secured her reputation as one of America’s most popular children’s authors becomes evident.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- 1. Pioneer Girl, 1867-1879
- pp. 13-42
- 5. Building a Writing Career, 1911-1923
- pp. 114-154
- 6. Turning to Autobiography, 1923-1932
- pp. 155-187
- 7. Becoming a Celebrated Author, 1932-1937
- pp. 188-214
- 8. Completing the Series, 1937-1943
- pp. 215-240
Additional Information
ISBN
9780826261151
Related ISBN(s)
9780826211675, 9780826216489
MARC Record
OCLC
191935640
Pages
320
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No