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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don't we have any shows like the Walton nowadays?   I've been watching them all day today it was a good show. No We can't watch a show  they are always having ∆∆∆. We need to bein back a show like the Waltons
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No we do not. Never

You have no brain cells?

[b]Should we bring back little house on the prairie too? [/b]

What is wrong with you?

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Absolutely!

The books and the television series.

The Little House on the Prairie books are beautifully written, timeless classics that were cancelled by people who probably never read them.

They should be in every classroom and Laura Ingalls Wilder should be covered in every elementary school.[/quote]

Have you read Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser? It's eye-opening. Most of what LIW wrote glossed over the reality of the Ingalls' lives - Charles Ingalls didn't have a wandering foot. He was on the verge of bankruptcy and kept moving to stay ahead of his creditors. Their livelihoods were based on failed homesteading.

Plus the Homestead Act was one of the biggest government giveaways of all time. It's funny that libertarians read those books as a history of people who were self-sufficient.

btw, I read and loved all the Little House books as a girl. So much so that (obviously) I have read every biography of Laura I have found. So, not cancelled; just much more informed about their veracity.[/quote]

I have read all those biographies.

That purpose of those historical studies is bery different than the purpose of the literature of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

There is nothing wrong, not even historically,  of a person writing about their father in a loving, respectful way as seen through the eyes of a child looking at their parent.  Viewing everything and everyone by the lens of scrutiny and trying to pick apart every flaw is a very new and recent phenomenon,  which does not do justice to artistry or storytelling.

Her books are brilliantly written.  Beautiful story telling, vivid descriptions, well developed, timeless characters and a snapshot of a very unique time in American history.  They are historical based but fictionalized,  and accurately portray many aspects of pioneer life and westward expansion from a feminist perspective.  Laura was clearly a feminist, raised to have a voice.  She was independent, strong, talented and hard working, helping to support her family financially from her early teen years, as portrayed not only in her books but also supported by modern research.

So what if she wrote positively about her father and left out some of her family's painful years.   Who cares? That part is for historians to judge, like they might judge you years later.  Her father's failures and every aspect of her family's heart break need not be included in her children's book series for it to be a valid and treasured body of historical literature.

One of the most valuable things about her series was the way she actually wrote her story.

Each book is written in a prose, manner and introspection that matches Laura's age in the book, so much so that you could read one book a year to your daughter, starting with Little House in the Big Woods in kindergarten,  and not only could she connect with the feelings and experiences of a person from around 150 years ago, but the prose and writing style of eqch book would match her own development as a reader and growing child.

The Little House book series are one of the most beautiful and valuable collection of children's literature ever written in this country and should, without a doubt, be included in every school collection of important American authors and taught in American elementary schools.[/quote]

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