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):

American prose literature--20th century.

American prose literature.

Reportage literature, American.

Lane, Rose Wilder, 1886-1968.

Lane, Rose Wilder.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

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:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Mrs. Lane Goes to Hollywood

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars!

Mars in the Movies

How I Became a Great Actress

2. Mrs. Lane Writes about the War

The Girls They Leave behind Them

A Bit of Gray in a Blue Sky

3. Mrs. Lane Writes for the Red Cross

The Children's Crusade

Mother No. 22,999

4. Mrs. Lane Writes from Abroad

Budapest for a Bath

Edelweiss on Chafa Shalit

5. Mrs. Lane Writes about Herself

I, Rose Wilder Lane, . . .

How I Wrote "Yarbwoman"

6. In Mrs. Lane's Opinion

Don't Send Your Son to College

We Women Are NOT Good Citizens

Don't Tell Me How to Live My Life

We Who Have Sons

Force Won't Keep the Peace

7. Mrs. Lane Writes from the Heartland

We Go to a Wedding

Minnesota Farm Boy

8. Mrs. Lane's Final Work

August in Viet Nam

Selected Bibliography

Rose Wilder Lane's Nonfiction

Scholarship and Other Writings.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-164).

ISBN:

9780826265838

0826265839

OCLC:

298790290