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Originally Posted by BenG
In November, Wilder's long-unpublished autobiography that she later adapted into the successful children's books will be published.
It's not meant to be scandalous or X-rated as the Daily Mail's headlines proclaim, but it does include scenes and characters that were left out of her popular Little House series of books for children.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2014/...lves-this-fall |
I see the Christian Science Monitor has entirely left out Rose Wilder Lane's contribution to the books! I'm in the camp that says Rose was largely responsible for the final form of the books and that Laura only provided the raw material.
I know I'll read this and I've been following the story for some time, but for those who think the Little House books are largely accurate it might be an unwelcome surprise. But even Laura said something to the effect of, "I didn't realize I was writing history." It'll be necessary to get past that disconnect; the Little House books really are fiction.
I'm not going to pay $40 to read this, however; I'll wait on a (significant) price drop, or go to the library. For those who are curious, there's a lot of the "real story" available online.