Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder : the woman behind the legend / John E. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, John E., 1945-

Series:

Missouri biography series.

Missouri biography series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Women authors, American.

Women pioneers--United States--Biography.

Women pioneers.

Frontier and pioneer life--Missouri.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Missouri--Biography.

Missouri.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls.

Physical Description:

xii, 306 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

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 Utilizing her unpublished autobiography, letters, newspaper stories, and other documentary evidence, John E. Miller fills the gaps in Wilder's autobiographical novels and describes her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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Pioneer Girl, 1867-1879

2. Schoolgirl and Courting Days, 1879-1885

3. The Joys and Sorrows of Early Married Life, 1885-1894

4. In the Land of the Big Red Apple, 1894-1911

5. Building a Writing Career, 1911-1923

6. Turning to Autobiography, 1923-1932

7. Becoming a Celebrated Author, 1932-1937

8. Completing the Series, 1937-1943

9. Basking in the Glow of Her Readers' Affection, 1943-1957

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-289) and index.

ISBN:

9780826265326

0826265324

9780826261151

0826261159

9780826265333

0826265332

OCLC:

191935640

Publisher Number:

9780826216489