The rediscovered writings of Rose Wilder Lane, literary journalist / edited with an introduction by Amy Mattson Lauters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lane, Rose Wilder, 1886-1968.

Contributor:

Lauters, Amy Mattson, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lane, Rose Wilder, 1886-1968.

Lane, Rose Wilder.

American prose literature--20th century.

American prose literature.

Reportage literature, American.

Physical Description:

viii, 164 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2007]

Summary:

"Famous as the editor of her mother's Little House books, Rose Wilder Lane worked for fifty years as a literary journalist, traveling widely and commenting on a broad range of topics. Amy Mattson Lauters has collected examples of Lane's literary nonfiction articles that have been unavailable since their original publication"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Mrs. Lane Goes to Hollywood 10

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars! 11

Mars in the Movies 18

How I Became a Great Actress 24

2 Mrs. Lane Writes about the War 32

The Girls They Leave behind Them 32

A Bit of Gray in a Blue Sky 39

3 Mrs. Lane Writes for the Red Cross 47

The Children's Crusade 48

Mother No. 22,999 61

4 Mrs. Lane Writes from Abroad 70

Budapest for a Bath 71

Edelweiss on Chafa Shalit 79

5 Mrs. Lane Writes about Herself 90

I, Rose Wilder Lane,... 91

How I Wrote "Yarbwoman" 98

6 In Mrs. Lane's Opinion 102

Don't Send Your Son to College 103

We Women Are Not Good Citizens 109

Don't Tell Me How to Live My Life 113

We Who Have Sons 117

Force Won't Keep the Peace 125

7 Mrs. Lane Writes from the Heartland 133

We Go to a Wedding 133

Minnesota Farm Boy 139

8 Mrs. Lane's Final Work 144

August in Viet Nam 146

Rose Wilder Lane's Nonfiction 161

Scholarship and Other Writings 162.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164).

ISBN:

9780826217219

0826217214

OCLC:

76961243