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Post by hopechest on Aug 14, 2014 22:21:35 GMT
Somewhere last night someone had posted a link to a Laura Ingalls online class. I signed up for the class and I'm so excited! The website doesn't have a lot of information that I can find, but the thread from last night had the list of books on it. Please help!  |
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mimima
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Post by mimima on Aug 14, 2014 22:27:31 GMT
Until Grinningcat posted the reading list, I'd not seen it, so thanks! I assume that I'll get more information when needed.
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grinningcat
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Post by grinningcat on Aug 15, 2014 12:33:46 GMT
I'm assuming that there will be more information sent before the class starts. Since the class isn't for a grade, they don't need to put a lot of info out in advance to prep for the course. Or I assume so anyway.
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anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 15, 2014 14:32:33 GMT
What is it all about? Just curious.
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grinningcat
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Post by grinningcat on Aug 15, 2014 15:21:06 GMT
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anniebygaslight
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I'd love a cup of tea. #1966
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 15, 2014 16:35:11 GMT
Fascinating. Thanks. I loved the books. It never occurred to me that she may not have written them.  |
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Post by keknj on Aug 15, 2014 16:46:32 GMT
Fascinating. Thanks. I loved the books. It never occurred to me that she may not have written them. |
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Post by grammyj64 on Aug 15, 2014 21:41:15 GMT
She did write them, but her daughter Rose, who was a well-known author, edited them heavily and found an agent for her. Laura didn't have the resources available that Rose did. Laura originally wrote it as one very lengthy story and did not intend it to be a children's book. She was very resistant to the idea. Rose, who was quite wealthy until she lost almost everything in the stock market crash, had been helping her parents and wanted to provide her mother a way to have an independent income, so she took on the stories and got them in shape for publication. She did not attach her own name to them in any way, partly out of regard for her mother, but also because children's fiction was not a well-respected genre in the day and she didn't feel it would help her own reputation.
I learned all this by reading Susan Wittig Albert's book, A Wilder Rose. I recommend it to any who are interested in learning more of the back story.
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Post by moosedogtoo on Aug 15, 2014 21:49:40 GMT
The Little House books were some of my favorites when I was little and I can't wait to read them to my kids. I'm excited about this class! |
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