As a history buff and huge fan of the books, I really appreciate this excellent presentation. The historical background fleshes out the stories giving them more depth and understanding. Fantastic!
I'm almost 60. Like many people my age, I grew up with Laura's books and actually became obsessed. I do have all of her books now and I STILL read them. I also have a few of the biographies OF her. Some facts I didn't like to learn of as I grew up. 🥺
@@lkvanhall I don't think it's that she did anything bad or disappointing. More about bad stuff that happened that she didn't mention in her books -- her basically being temporarily farmed out at age 10 to a neighboring family because the Ingallses were THAT desperate financially. She was almost raped one night by a teen son of the family -- she threatened to scream if he didn't go away, and he did. Also the family worked at a hotel in Iowa, where they had to literally skip town in the middle of the night to avoid creditors for doctor bills. Then baby brother Freddie died... stuff like that.
Actually, Laura did not write the books by herself. Her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, was already a well-known writer in the 1920s. She spent some time as a traveling correspondent with the American Red Cross Publicity Bureau in Europe and returned to the US in 1928. She settled with her parents for a time, building them a new house, and it was at this time that Laura Ingalls Wilder approached her daughter with a rough draft of of her early pioneer childhood. It is not known how much Rose contributed to her mother's books; what is known is that Rose did freelance ghostwriting for others as well as editing books by other authors.
Charles Ingalls claimed a LOT of land. He was one heck of a man. Caroline must have REALLY loved him to go through all of the hardships and moving from place to place. Once you start having children, you are supposed to grow where you are planted. Moving from place to place via covered wagon dodging arrows in the freezing, windy weather with children requires a certain kind of strength and stamina. I have nothing but admiration for the entire Ingalls family.
@@kd-b7340 Actually, when Caroline put her foot down and said no, Charles listened to her. E.g., NO, we are not moving again. No, you will not go after wheat in the middle of winter where you could get caught in a blizzard.
Lam from SRI-LANKA too love them all but So Brain Relaxing is the Drama Sad part is They have Skiepped the 1 -4 Seasons on T.v Showed 5-6 Season just Started Season Seven on Dailog Cable Net Work on Hits Chanell 89. Love it Soo much Blessed Sister!
@@fuzzywuzzy5749 oh my goodness, I could barely hang out for the entire documentary, her "Umm's" & "Uhh's" are just cruel to the brain of the listeners. And yes, your absolutely right about the way she speaks...
I enjoyed the relaxed style of the presenter and appreciated her respect and fondness for these lives well lived. She is obviously a bit unpolished but speaking from the heart and it comes through 💝
Almanzo was a looker and Rose a beauty! Given all of the events and details, I am even more impressed than ever at Michael Landon's ability to bring those individual life events into the storyline of the television program. Of COURSE it is Hollywood and geared toward dramatic audience entertainment, but he drew from facts and true events that were treated with compassion and real-life emotion. I thought he was very respectful and true to Laura Ingalls Wilder's memories. And while this family might appear to have much "bad luck" and trauma; this was life for most people in the early years of our nation. We are so spoiled now and feeling we are somehow "entitled" to constant happiness and comfort that we don't realize how people suffered and lived through hardship just as part of everyday life.
I always thought that Almanzo was handsome and Laura quite a beauty (much prettier than any of her sisters, IMO). Rose was cute rather than pretty, IMO.
@cyril layman Thank you!!! Women were virtual slaves, Native Americans were victims of genocide, and African Americans were victims of Jim Crow legislation. Life in the Old West was tough, and "moral standards" non-existent. Sexually transmitted diseases and prostitution was most common, a sad and sordid place. Please reply to me and tell me more about life in the 1800s.
Lane West: We are so spoiled now and feeling we are somehow "entitled" to constant happiness and comfort that we don't realize how people suffered and lived through hardship just as part of everyday life. It won't be very much longer and many of us will experience it first hand. the question is how many will that be
I appreciated your comme nt, and there is some truth in it. But, also, in my life, and I am my mid 50s, it seems the way real life is for everyone on planet earth. AT some point, in my 30's, I would think I had a tragic life and felt sorry for myself, but as I went on, I realize every life has heartaches, tragedy and bitter times along with with the sweet. Not as many die from natural disasters, disease , but plenty die from other things. Tragedy is all of ours, conflicts, trials and circumstances beyond our control, is our human lot and what I love so much about people telling their stories and having a TV series that acknowledges life is hard. Life is full of love, joy and the wonderful mercies of our Heavenly Father as well. I certainly have not been spoiled, worked as a pre-school teacher and a caregiver; such a joy to care for little children and bring joy to someone else..but not good for the nest egg.. In these times of hyperinflation, times are very difficult for so many. Our homeless numbers are growing. Making a living, especially for the working poor, has always been tough. The joy of the Lord is always possible no matter what one's life. I feel connected to these stories and gain strength from those who has gone before. We can all relate in one way or another. Human problems.
I loved Little house on the Prarie I watched it from beginning to end Im 59 years old and watching this makes me excited like a kid Its so wiered I told my husband yesterday I want to watch Little house on the Prarie and when I turned on my tablet, There it was without me typing it in Wow..... I'm still watching and listening Its hard to let go I always loved and cried when I watched Little house on the Prarie How I wish I was born back in the 1800's I wrote a paper in school about my wish and when my teacher read it she cried Im so happy and greatful and honored to be watching and listening Sincierelly, Mrs. Ashley
I’m 34 years old and I feel as if I’m born In the wrong time period. I agree the simplicity of the 1800’s would be nice but they had to work so hard just to survive…. I guess if you don’t know any better then you just survive. But I do like the medical advantage that we have nowadays 😊
I can’t imagine wishing for the hardships of the time. You can make a life that is simple like this if you go out and homestead. People do it. But you can get antibiotics and other medical care. Go get the simple life if you want it. You can have it.
I'm 57 years old and I have always loved all of her books. I've been listening to them again recently on my earpods at work and I want to thank you for this, it's very interesting and you did a wonderful job.
To anyone really interested in LIW, I highly recommend the book, “Pioneer Girl, The Annotated Autobiography”. Highly. I checked mine out from the library at least three times, before I bought one. It’s NOT a read through story, so say, though. It’s kind Of a cross between a reference book, and a read book. It’s hard to explain. But it’s really really excellent. It has pictures of as many of the principal players that the editor could find, and updates on them.
I agree with you 100%. I was among the first printing consumers. I have to admit, though, it took me a little while to adjust to some of the truths vs fiction; For example, I really hated knowing that they weren't all alone as a family during The Long Winter. 🥺
@@carmichael2359 The book (The Long Winter) didn't relate that they were 'all alone', but living in Pa's store building in town (after the first blizzard). Were other people there with them? What was different in the 'Pioneer Girl' book?
I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. I have been a teacher for 40 years and always included a special pioneer theme unit for each of my classes - right down to the bonnets. It has been a real joy to have shared Laura Ingalls Wilder with my students. I even had a student who was related to Laura. I will be retiring soon and plan to visit Rocky Ridge and the Wilder Farm in Malone NY. Thank you for all your hard work to keep Laura’s legacy close to us still. 🌺
I am 36 now and for as long as I can remember, I have been reading Laura's books. I read them, even now, as an adult and I enjoy her story just as much now as I did when I was a child. And not only have I read the classic Little House series, I have read her daughter's series, her mother's series, her grandmother's series AND even her great-grandmother's series. I think that's what I not only love, but RESPECT about Laura Ingalls and this incredible story she has woven about her life on the prairie with her family....that unbreakable spirit that her family had. Her courage and tenacity and that unwavering faith that no matter how bad things got, be it storms or Indians or ruined crops or having to leave home and find a new home....they would be OK so long as they were together and had Pa's fiddle music and faithful old Jack to guide and comfort them. She truly is an American heroine. That is why her stories will never die. Interestingly enough, while the family's time in Iowa is never mentioned in the books, I distinctly remember, in the last season of Little House On the Prairie (season 9, I believe) there WAS a major shift in the dynamic of the show. Pa decided to move most of his family (He and Ma, and the younger children) to Burr Oak, Iowa and I believe it was to run a hotel. Laura and Almanzo remained behind in Walnut Grove with their little daughter, Rose. Mr. Edwards was there as well, and he became like the father figure to the town and Laura's niece, Jenny (the daughter of Almanzo's brother, Royal) came to live with Laura after her father died. It was interesting....from what I have read of Laura's life with Almanzo, she DID have two children (as she did on the show). She had her daughter, Rose, and they also had a son who died. Mary also had two children with her husband, Adam, but they both died (one in a fire and one as a miscarriage). I'm not sure if Mary Ingalls ever actually married or had children. I know she was stricken blind from Scarlet Fever in real life and Laura had to become her eyes and had to take on a lot of the dreams that Mary could no longer do....like becoming a teacher to help her Pa keep Mary in school.
Mary Ingalls never married, she returned to DeSmet to live with Ma and Pa for the rest of her life. Pa died in 1902, Ma in 1924 and I’m not sure if Mary lived alone (she must have had a companion) and was visiting Carrie in 1928 when she passed. Doctors say that Mary probably developed spinal meningitis or enciphalitis(?) and not scarlet fever
@@wendywoo2180 From what I have read, after the death of her Ma in 1924, Mary lived briefly with her youngest sister, Grace and then she lived with Carrie. It was there that Mary suffered a terrible stroke and later died of pneumonia. She was returned to De Smet and is buried next to her mother and father. It IS true that the real Mary Ingalls never married or had children of her own. I was referring to the character of Mary Ingalls in the television show Little House on the Prairie. I'm sure Michael Landon took some creative liberties with the story, though he DID get some things accurate (such as the jealousy between Laura and Nellie Oleson over the VERY handsome Almanzo, and Mary going blind and going to a blind college.....and of course, the family itself.
The school for the blind was free to attend, the only expenses to cover were clothes and trips to and from the school as the kids could not stay there during summer holidays. And Mary never married.
@@wendywoo2180yes. At the time the family thought it was “brain fever” that was a result of measles that she didn’t get over. Had she had the type of relapse of measles like the doctors thought at the time, she would have died. There is no good explanation as to why Laura and Rose decided to go with scarlet fever instead of measles when they wrote the books. In any case, it wasn’t scarlet fever that caused her blindness.
Her life inspires me because it shows us what resourcefulness, determination, faith and positivity can do, how strong we CAN be if we need to. Though physical work then was harder, i envy the simpler, slower-paced time she lived in. I'd gladly trade our traffic, deadlines, and stress for a life where sunrise and sunset were the main deadlines in a person's day.
well Im sure these people looked around and said "thank goodness we live in a simpler time". c'mon on. women couldnt vote, often had no legal entitlement to the children, probably little medical or dental care, basic education if any, people often died early and the infant mortality rate was much higher. and no indoor plumbing. The pace was slower but it sure wasn't simple.
I wouldn't. Hard to imagine how life without electricity without antibiotics and modern medicine cars etc would have been like. I guess since they never had these things they didnt miss or know any better. Kids today who have so much and chaim they are bored, is sad. People claiming anxiety today image the aniexty of living back then just trying to survive day to day.
@@Thundralightall of your points are spot on except the nonsense about anxiety. Anxiety is anxiety and whatever the problems and concerns they affect the person IN the situation. There isn’t any way of comparing and it is inane to do so.
I really enjoyed the presentation! I grew up reading the Little House books, I'm 62 now and I still enjoy reading them. I'm excited to hear that there are audio books of the series too! I loved Laura's strong work ethic and her love for her family. I'm disappointed that Laura and Rose had such a difficult relationship. I'm sure that she did help put a polish on Laura's writing and should have received recognition for her effort, but to completely ignore her mothers wishes and will the rights to a stranger of the family who really had no interest in Laura's legacy except for the $$$$ seems especially nasty slap on the face of Laura & Almanzo's memory. In my opinion...
I think Laura and Rose just had such different personalities. Laura liked rural life, while Rose was a "modern" woman and loved the city. Rose was also politically-minded and one of of the first what we would call today libertarians. Rose also seems to have been a lesbian, which was probably REALLY difficult in her generation, because you had to basically pretend you weren't. I think I would have been more likely to be friends with Laura, but I have a lot of admiration for Rose too.
I remember reading her books as a little girl and wondering about the woman who wrote the books. What a fascinating adventure through American history.
@Julie Fakkema I loved the book "Caddie Woodlawn" too! It made such an impression on me in my childhood that I bought it again as an adult, just to own a copy of it again.
@B Burchjolla That's wonderful, the simplicity and lessons is what I appreciate most. Pa was a good Man and Caroline was a Good woman. Thank you for your comment B Burchjolla.
I read the books as a child & watched "Little House on the Prairie". I still watch Little House when I catch it on tv. I really enjoyed this video, I did learn some things I didn't know. Thank you so much for posting this video for everyone to watch & learn.
Thank you for this! Well Done! I had been watching the movie ("... Beyond the Prairie"), and then, before finishing it (I had to let my dog outside, and I had to look for the movie, when I came back to finish watching it), I saw this video, and I decided to watch it first. This was REALLY interesting, and I appreciate the time and the work it took for you to compile this information together, and to obtain photographs, and to travel to locations to take the rest of the photographs. It reminded me of stories that my father had told me about the cold weather, etc., in Wisconsin and South Dakota. His parents came to the U.S. from Norway, and they first settled in Wisconsin and then South Dakota. His father changed the family name from "Brunn" to "Brown," because he wanted to be seen as an American, and not as an immigrant from Norway. My grandmother, Laura Olson (or "Olsen;" I need to look at my father's death certificate to see the spelling of his mother's maiden name; it is interesting that the real last name of "Brunn" is on this death certificate, so it looks like the name change of my father's parents was not official, though the children were all listed with the last name of "Brown") died from the flu in 1918, when my father was 6 years old. My father had an interesting and unusual life, that he had wanted someone to write about. He died in 2001 from a brain tumor, at the age of 89 years old, and my mother died in 2015, at the age of 95 years old. Your video has inspired me to write about my parents' lives. Thank you for "opening my eyes" to possibilities.
@Faye Brown - My grandmother was Laura Olsen too! (Whether the spelling is Olsen or Olson designates country of origin) My grandmother married her boss (she was secretary to a bank manager) They were poised to be wealthy society people but grand dad ended up falling on misfortune through drink and illness so, grandma had to come through and provide for the family and she did. She became a manager for Avon. They stayed married but she was bitter and dismissive of her husband. Laura’s husband had Norwegian ancestry. 😅
My late paternal grandmother had the series. She wouldn't allow me to read Farmer Boy, and she never told me why. I plan to purchase the set and read it entirely, along with the diary she kept during the journey from De Smet to Mansfield.
@@melissadickerson1773...so did you ever find out why? Lol maybe she thought you'd eat her out of house and home if you read about all that good food 😂
@@PalmarbeachNo she said it wasn't appropriate for me to read, whatever that meant. She didn't realize that I used to read my mom's college textbooks or that my favorite was The Principles and Practices of the Human Anatomy...and it showed body parts, internal and external.
Absolutely fascinating. I enjoyed this so much, having read the Little House books to my sons, now in their fifties! Some of the photos were new to me.
Excellent Presentation!!! I’ve been to the Kansas house, where the dugout was, to the Florida location, to De Smet, and to Rocky Ridge TWICE because I lived just an hour south of there.
I'M 57 BEEN A HUGE FAN OF LAURAS SINCE I WAS 9 MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD A BOOK SALE EVENT & I SAW HER BOOK THAT THE PILOT WOULD SOON BE BASED ON I WAS HOOKED IMMEDIATELY FROM THAT BOOK SALE ON & STILL AM TILL TODAY & FOREVER FYI I STILL REMEMBER THE MOMENT I SAW THE BOOK I REMEMBER IT SO CLEARLY!! 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
I was in still am a huge fan of the show Little House on the prairie later read the books I found this talk to be fascinating and learned a lot of things I didn't know before thank you very much
A very interesting presentation. I very much enjoyed it. I always love Learning something new about Laura Ingalls wilder. One thing that I learned from this presentation was that the picture of the three girls taken in the 1880s, was the only surviving picture from their childhood. I have always loved this photo. And the fact that I study fashion history, an interesting thing I have learned over the years is, that even though folks did not have much money, ladies still were able to dress fashionably. And these dresses the girls are wearing are dresses are very much of the styles of the 1880s. I believe the presenter thought it was an extra fabric underneath Laura’s skirt, thinking that the skirt was too short. Which is understandable, however, it was actually the style of the time to have an extra flounce at the bottom of the skirt. It kind of mimicked the bustle that was very popular for the women at that time. Again, I really enjoyed the presentation I did learn new things and now I want to go visit all the sites that she saw on her trip. Thank you for sharing this presentation on TH-cam.
This was a great presentation. Very interesting and very informative. Thank you for this. I read her books as a child and read them to my children and my granddaughters. During this pandemic stay at home I have reread all the books.
I've been binge watching Little House for 3 days now. Surprised at how much fiction is involved in the storytelling, and yet so entertained with each episode. Had no idea they moved around so much. I'm thoroughly enjoying this presentation, and am only halfway through. I will save this upload for future reference. Kudos to this young lady for doing such a nice job keeping a 50yo man's attention- no easy feat, if I do say so myself. Be well, all 👍✌️
Thank- you for this quality presentation. As a life long fan of the Little House book series and TV series, I am always interested to learn more. What a gift to hear these true to life stories! As a young girl my mother used to make us prairie outfits, as every day clothes and I was often teased and called," Little House on the Prarie girl" At the time I thought it was not kind, but now I think it was wonderful.
Now I'm off to read the books for the umpteenth time in my 59 years of life. Thank you...wish you had included more Almanzo information & a visit to his family home in New York though.
I just stumbled on this. I was immediately drawn in! Such a good video! I've been a huge Ingalls fan all my life. I first read all of Laura's books when I was 7. Thank you for such a detailed commentary!
I grew up reading the Little House series and am always fascinated by information about Laura and everyone else in her family. My bucket list includes going to all of the Little House sites.
I found out that I'm related to Laura distantly on several lines, through Pa Charles's mother Laura Louise Colby. A lot of Colbys (traced to Massachusetts) in my lines.
@@binklebabe4725 Well, I'm 6th and 7th cousins to her on a few lines, so it's not close, but I'm still proud to be related to her. :-) Sad and strange that NONE of the Ingalls sisters have any descendants.
Thank you so much for publishing this presentation. I knew most of the items from being a lifelong fan (and I'm 59) and it is on my bucket list to do that covered wagon trail from Pepin, Wisconsin to DeSmet.
Thank you ! I enjoyed your presentation a lot I love the Laura I wilder books My 3rd grade teacher read the entire series to us and it was my favorite time of class . Im 57 now and it’s an unforgettable experience. ❤️
I enjoyed all the really interesting chronology facts - and family dynamics ! Presenter will do well if she continues working at this presentation…. But I love all the details, as any fan would!! 💞🙏😊
In the late 1980s I visited the "little house by Silver Lake." The week that I visited was 100 years after Laura and her family lived in the small house. That week there were torrential rains and Silver Lake was full...the first time in 100 according to the your guides!
FYI 17:00 Book mentioned. "Caddie Woodlawn" by Carol Ryrie Brink. I appreciate you putting it into a historical setting because, as a Canadian, I don't know that much about the history and geography of the US. Which is probably the same for her other fans around the world. Also, this is the first time I've heard anyone give details about how Charles and Caroline Ingalls met. Very informative, interesting, and well researched. A good enhancement to anyone interested in Laura and her "Little House" books. Thank you. LL
Great presentation. I have over 100 books about Laura but I still learned a few things. One thing though, her husband’s name is pronounced AlMANzo. The show got it wrong, just ask Dean Butler who played this character. Awesome job, I need to read the books again.
The show did get it wrong. If you listen to the original recording of Laura Ingalls Wilder explaining how she wrote farmer boy, she calls her husband Al-MAN-zo. Hence the nickname she gave him “Manley.”
Yeah, the show got it wrong. I feel like the way they said it in the show is easier on my ears. In the audio books narrated by Cherry Jones, she says his name correctly. I am interested to find the recordings of Laura talking. I would love to hear her.
A few answers to some of the questions from people in her audience. When Laura and Almanzo lost everything and were recovering from Diphtheria, they lived and recovered about a year with Almanzo's family in Spring Valley, MN before going to Florida. Carries's story is pretty interesting. She worked for the local papers then married David N. Swanzey when she was in her 40's, Her husband had a part in naming Mount Rushmore. Her step son helped carve it. They lived in Keystone, South Dakota, not DeSmet. Mary lived with her mother in DeSmet until her mother's death. She then went to live with Grace in Manchester, South Dakota, which is a neighboring town next to DeSmet. Manchester was totally wiped from a tornado in 2003. There is nothing there now. After that she went to live with Carrie, in Keystone and that is where she died. They took her body back to DeSmet and buried her next to her parents. Royal left DeSmet, I am not sure which date exactly, perhaps when Laura and Almanzo moved to the Wilder farm in Spring Valley. He married there in 1893. So it was some time before that, that he left DeSmet.
I also thought Carrie was a smart cookie. Isn't it interesting how none of the Ingalls girls had any children of their own except Laura? And Rose never had any, so there are no descendants. Kind of sad.
@@chefevilee9566 Nope, Mary never married in real life -- Adam Kendall was completely fictional. The other three Ingalls sisters did marry, but the only one who had any kids was Laura. And Laura's daughter Rose never had children. EDIT: Rose actually did have a stillborn boy.
The Laura books remind me of The Little Women Books and the Anne of Green Gables books. I love them all and i love all narrated by Cherry Jones and Beverly Volfie. They both put so much into their readings of the books.
I am extremely appreciative of your work in exploring and explaining this. I got really into Michael Landon through Highway to Heaven. And then Little House. Now, I'm hooked. Thanks for this :-)
I fell in love with the little house on the prairie books when I was in fourth grade. My teacher introduced us to the books and we started reading them in class from that point on my love for reading started. I have loved those books my entire life I am 49 years old now. And I still sit down and read them even though they are for a 12-year-old Not only did I love the books, but I also love the series that went on for nine years. Every couple years I will watch the entire series again I know it’s just a small part of what the real Laura Ingalls wilder was, but it still really nice to see. I still think Laura Ingalls wilder from putting a fire under me and making me love reading. Because of her books, my love of reading was formed.
Kudos on the presentation. It was well researched and showed a real affection for the books. participated as part of an advising event for the Rocky Ridge Farm several years ago. The house Almazo built is fascinating. Laura's handwritten manuscripts are on display, as well as the actual household furnishings. One thing I loved hearing was about the number of Japanese visitors they have. LIW has fans all over the world, and Japanese families make Manchester, MO part of their trips to the U.S. The head of the foundation and staff members always referred to the author as Mrs. Wilder, never Laura. I got the impression that Mrs. Wilder carried herself with a great deal of presence and dignity. Yes, I saw Pa's fiddle. :-)
Wow great presentation by this beautiful lady I’m in Australia and read the books and watched all the seasons growing up I want to come over one day to go and visit all the places but at 58 and on a pension doubt I will ever get there just how it is 🙏🙏🙏
I was first obsessed with Laura Wilder Ingalls books back in 2000. I gotten some of the copies from a Thrift store and then at the bookstore near me. I stayed in Detroit Michigan where I was born and raised. Nice how Laura put her adventures in her books.
Laura Ingalls Wilder, painted a picture of her time, its part of history, and a pleasure to read. Laura is the equivalent of Lucy Maude Montgomery, famous for Anne of Green Gables. Its a tantalizing peek into what life was like in their time. So happy and fortune to able to experience their life thru their books.
We modern day people often see these times as the simpler times. But they were not as simple as we think they were. The times were quite hard. I think we only view them as "simple" because of how complicated things are today with all of the technology. I can't help but to wonder what the Ingalls family would think if they knew what we have today. But we can still see little bits of what it must've been like back then. All you have to do is visit the older order Amish communities. They live close to what the Ingalls might've lived like.
Thanks ton. Such a fav her books, helps with illness pain. God's the best. Love the songs she included in the books, esp Hymns. May God bless u with Baptism of Holy Ghost. Such joy peace comfort with illness. Salvation too Acts 2:1-5 1:52:38-39 19:1-6
I just stumbled on this by accident. Wonderful! I grew up in the Netherlands and the Little House books began to be published in Dutch when I was about 9, in the early 1960s - with the Garth Williams illustrations. I got a book for each birthday and for each X-mas and I hungered for the new one each time. I must have reread each book a few times. In 1980 I moved to Louisiana and in late 1981, I went on a trip into Arkansas and a tiny portion of Missouri. Of course Rocky Ridge Farm was closed for the season and of course I didn't know that because in the days before internet, one just didn't know those things. I stood at the gate of the grounds and looked at the house and that was a big moment. I was saddened that the children's lit award that carried Laura's name changed its name last year. I understand why it happened and I respect the decision but it still saddened me.
I started reading the books while in school. That must have been in the latter half of the 60ties. Like you I live in the Netherlands (though I never emigrated) I still have the books (exept Farmer boy) and own Pioneer girl, the annotated biografie. In that book I learned that a portion of the Ingallses life never made it to the books. I remember the television series very well and always considered the hotel episodes a bunch of made up crap. (A lot in the serie was made up, but entertaining) In fact they díd work in a hotel. Just like the part on baby Freddie. But there was indeed a Freddie. Also in Pioneer girl it became clear that the family wasn't on their own in The long winter. There was another family living with them, but these people usually parasited on them as they didn't lift a finger on twisting hay or grinding wheat. It was explained as making the Ingalls family more isolated and on their own for dramatic purposes. (As if that winter with a town on the verge of famine wasn't dramatic enough)
@@thetigress62 Fun. I never watched the TV series, I didn't want to. I didn't want the sentimental TV rendering to mix with my own imagination about everything.
@@eckosters Love your comment! Just my opinion; The TV series is one of the best series I've seen. A wonderful job was done and captures a great mood aligned with the books and the actors did a great job. As an African American I understand some of the contention about awards and highly appreciate it. However the producers of the series did such a great job in casting some historical aspects of those times. One of my favorites were the episode where Ms. Olson pressed her husband into the boxing ring (hilarious!) And also the episode about the job of transporting dynamite starring Louis Gossett Jr. They chose awesome African American actors. Side Note: Laura Ingalls Wilder is one of my favorite authors. Loved this presentation.
I read the books as an adult raising my own children. I read then every Fall to keep myself from feeling cut off from my American roots (I live abroad) but I could never appreciate the series. It can't hold a candle to the excellent writing and completeness of the books. I love Pa and the whole family.
Here in Brazil, the TV series "Little house on the prairie" is called "The pioneers". It was broadcasted in the 70's and 80's and since then the uplifting messages provided by it, have resonated in the hearts of those ones who have watched the episodes. 🇧🇷
I went to Mansfield Mo it's a very beautiful place to live I see why they lived the 60+ years .... your very knowledgeable enjoyed your detailed story into her life
Rose had several miscarriages when married to Gillette Lane. She also had a still born son while visiting Salt Lake City in 1919. Laura visited with Rose and Gillette I think in 1915 in San Francisco. A book was published about that. Caroline passed away Easter Sunday 1924. Mary in 1928. The narrator said baby Freddie died at a month old, he was 9months and buried in South Troy, Wabasha County MN while the Ingalls were visiting Uncle Peter's family
Yes. It's well known, but it was not a big deal then. Girls often married at 16. Laura was an adult and she and her father had known Almanzo for years.
It doesn,t matter.Back in the 1880's young girls used to marry at 16 OR 17 SOMETIMES YOUNGER AT 14 and the husband was older 10 years older. It was common , and very well tolerated.And the husband was often the first love , not always but often . Girls were educated to get married since they were little girls.
Tomarse su tiempo para impartir una charla que presenta qué sucedió en la trastienda de los libros que no solo en EEUU acompañaron a muchos niños es toda una contribución que merece ser reconocida Sra. Meredith Tomeo. Se lo agradecemos.
Laura had a rough time of it there because she didn't understand much about Florida. If she had moved to the JACKSONVILLE area at that time in history, her life may have involved Florida much more than it did.
The reason they didn't smile in old pictures is because it took a long time to take the picture with the old cameras. It is much harder to hold a smile for several minutes than it is a solemn face. If you moved, it caused a blurred picture. So it was not by choice and doesn't reflect their actual mood.
Laura had to sugarcoat alot of stuff,and that was because her editors told her to. She couldn't tell the family in walnut Grove ,lived temporarily over a saloon,or Pa secret shady dealings. She doesnt stress too heavily about how much she was actually afraid that Pa Ingalls would sell her off to other homesteaders,which was very common in that time period, esp if one had too many Daughters. This is why Laura worked so hard in the fields with Pa.....to prove her worth to him. Why she worked so hard to get a teacher certificate, to pay for Mary's college. Almost all the money she ever worked for was taken by Pa. When she worked in town,making clothes,did Pa allow her to keep some of her earnings, so she could buy her own clothes. Now,whether or not he ever truly meant to sell her off,we will never know,but her fear was real.nor did he really do anything to assure her otherwise.
@@melissagraeff1096 from another book called The true story of Laura Ingalls Wilder. It also tells How Nellie Olson is a composite of two young women. I did in college a very deep in depth Report on Laura Ingalls Wilder. The book is called Pioneer Girl,The true story of Laura Ingalls Wilder. I hear it can be hard to find,but perhaps Amazon? I came across it in a thrift store many years ago, at least 30 years ago.
@@beautifuldreamer3991 Even if labeled a "true" story, it is an author's perspective. Take it with a grain of salt, especially given the clouded vision in the lens of hindsight. Some of the "facts" you cite do not in the least make logical sense in light of a father who obviously warm, thoughtful, and loved his daughters; he shared music and love of literature, he shouldered the financial burden of educating a blind daughter at a specialized school, and traveled long distances to get an adult daughter medical care and surgery for intense pain. Those were not actions that would have been undertaken by most people of that socioeconomic level. I am sure the doctor's wife suggested the "trade" of daughter for fee of service. And I am certain that would have stuck in the mind of a child. But, I doubt very seriously that it was ever considered as an option by her parents. And, as for working and giving her father her earnings, even in the 1950s, my mother worked as a teenager and gave all of her earnings to her mother. That is what people do when they are poor. Good Heavens...I surely do hate the common trend of revisionist history from contemporary Americans who have no clue what life was like without privilege and common comforts.
Yes, Wendy, that comment about her work being fiction is baloney. That did not set well with me, either. A memoir, or even creative nonfiction, of which these books have the flavor, is not fiction. Some of this young lady's comments are not very informed. She is speculating about why Carrie did not smile in her portrait and makes subjective observations about photographs that are not exactly "informed." In those days, it was not considered "dignified" to smile for portraits. In addition, most people in those days did not have access to dentistry, and they were self conscious about their their teeth and their smiles.
As a history buff and huge fan of the books, I really appreciate this excellent presentation. The historical background fleshes out the stories giving them more depth and understanding. Fantastic!
I'm almost 60. Like many people my age, I grew up with Laura's books and actually became obsessed. I do have all of her books now and I STILL read them. I also have a few of the biographies OF her. Some facts I didn't like to learn of as I grew up. 🥺
Yes. There are some things I’d rather not have known.
Yeah some stuff was hard to discover....my daughter (12) has enjoyed the audiobooks
Hmm.. what did Laura do that y’all disapprove of? 😮 🧐
@@lkvanhall I don't think it's that she did anything bad or disappointing. More about bad stuff that happened that she didn't mention in her books -- her basically being temporarily farmed out at age 10 to a neighboring family because the Ingallses were THAT desperate financially. She was almost raped one night by a teen son of the family -- she threatened to scream if he didn't go away, and he did. Also the family worked at a hotel in Iowa, where they had to literally skip town in the middle of the night to avoid creditors for doctor bills. Then baby brother Freddie died... stuff like that.
@@kck9742 Yes--exactly!!
the fact that Laura didn't start writing her books until she was 60 yrs old is inspiring for all of us.
Farmwife , and the fact that there was so much detail in her books
I am 65 and have had a fantastic life. Friends have told me for years to write my stories. This encourages me to do that.
Correction. In 1932 Laura was 65 when she wrote her first Little House In The Big Woods
Actually, Laura did not write the books by herself. Her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, was already a well-known writer in the 1920s. She spent some time as a traveling correspondent with the American Red Cross Publicity Bureau in Europe and returned to the US in 1928. She settled with her parents for a time, building them a new house, and it was at this time that Laura Ingalls Wilder approached her daughter with a rough draft of of her early pioneer childhood. It is not known how much Rose contributed to her mother's books; what is known is that Rose did freelance ghostwriting for others as well as editing books by other authors.
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Charles Ingalls claimed a LOT of land. He was one heck of a man. Caroline must have REALLY loved him to go through all of the hardships and moving from place to place. Once you start having children, you are supposed to grow where you are planted. Moving from place to place via covered wagon dodging arrows in the freezing, windy weather with children requires a certain kind of strength and stamina. I have nothing but admiration for the entire Ingalls family.
Nowadays when we can't grow where we are planted we must endeavor to blossom wherever we grow. LL
I wasn't aware of the Ingalls family ever having dodged arrows. Where does this information come from?
It was the 1800s. What choice did she have? Certainly not divorce with kids in tow in the middle of nowhere.
teachers. They sure are lucky noone died.maybe kinda irresponsible
@@kd-b7340 Actually, when Caroline put her foot down and said no, Charles listened to her. E.g., NO, we are not moving again. No, you will not go after wheat in the middle of winter where you could get caught in a blizzard.
I'm from Sri Lanka.. I grew up with Laura books. They are the most warm books ever written.
Totally agree with you.
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From Missouri. I love her books & Little House On The Prairie. 🙂 thank you.
Lam from SRI-LANKA too love them all but So Brain Relaxing is the Drama Sad part is They have Skiepped the 1 -4 Seasons on T.v Showed 5-6 Season just Started Season Seven on Dailog Cable Net Work on Hits Chanell 89. Love it Soo much Blessed Sister!
I loved your presentation. The books are childhood treasures. I never tire of hearing about LIW, the stories, the history, the family, and all that.
Your presentation was okay but what is with the voice trail off like a growl. Very disconcerting.
@@fuzzywuzzy5749 Agreed
@@fuzzywuzzy5749 oh my goodness, I could barely hang out for the entire documentary, her "Umm's" & "Uhh's" are just cruel to the brain of the listeners. And yes, your absolutely right about the way she speaks...
@@TheAmericanGirl1967 I'll double that, ugh!! Can barely stand her.
I enjoyed the relaxed style of the presenter and appreciated her respect and fondness for these lives well lived. She is obviously a bit unpolished but speaking from the heart and it comes through 💝
Almanzo was a looker and Rose a beauty! Given all of the events and details, I am even more impressed than ever at Michael Landon's ability to bring those individual life events into the storyline of the television program. Of COURSE it is Hollywood and geared toward dramatic audience entertainment, but he drew from facts and true events that were treated with compassion and real-life emotion. I thought he was very respectful and true to Laura Ingalls Wilder's memories. And while this family might appear to have much "bad luck" and trauma; this was life for most people in the early years of our nation. We are so spoiled now and feeling we are somehow "entitled" to constant happiness and comfort that we don't realize how people suffered and lived through hardship just as part of everyday life.
I always thought that Almanzo was handsome and Laura quite a beauty (much prettier than any of her sisters, IMO). Rose was cute rather than pretty, IMO.
@cyril layman Thank you!!! Women were virtual slaves, Native Americans were victims of genocide, and African Americans were victims of Jim Crow legislation. Life in the Old West was tough, and "moral standards" non-existent. Sexually transmitted diseases and prostitution was most common, a sad and sordid place. Please reply to me and tell me more about life in the 1800s.
@@gordanazakula4927 You forgot to mention how miserable your wretched life is.
Lane West: We are so spoiled now and feeling we are somehow "entitled" to constant happiness and comfort that we don't realize how people suffered and lived through hardship just as part of everyday life. It won't be very much longer and many of us will experience it first hand. the question is how many will that be
I appreciated your comme nt, and there is some truth in it.
But, also, in my life, and I am my mid 50s, it seems the way real life is for everyone on planet earth.
AT some point, in my 30's, I would think I had a tragic life and felt sorry for myself, but as I went on, I realize every life has heartaches, tragedy and bitter times along with with the sweet.
Not as many die from natural disasters, disease , but plenty die from other things.
Tragedy is all of ours, conflicts, trials and circumstances beyond our control, is our human lot and what I love so much about people telling their stories and having a TV series that acknowledges life is hard.
Life is full of love, joy and the wonderful mercies of our Heavenly Father as well.
I certainly have not been spoiled, worked as a pre-school teacher and a caregiver; such a joy to care for little children and bring joy to someone else..but not good for the nest egg..
In these times of hyperinflation, times are very difficult for so many.
Our homeless numbers are growing. Making a living, especially for the working poor, has always been tough.
The joy of the Lord is always possible no matter what one's life.
I feel connected to these stories and gain strength from those who has gone before.
We can all relate in one way or another. Human problems.
I loved Little house on the Prarie I watched it from beginning to end Im 59 years old and watching this makes me excited like a kid Its so wiered I told my husband yesterday I want to watch Little house on the Prarie and when I turned on my tablet, There it was without me typing it in Wow..... I'm still watching and listening Its hard to let go I always loved and cried when I watched Little house on the Prarie How I wish I was born back in the 1800's I wrote a paper in school about my wish and when my teacher read it she cried Im so happy and greatful and honored to be watching and listening Sincierelly, Mrs. Ashley
I’m 34 years old and I feel as if I’m born In the wrong time period. I agree the simplicity of the 1800’s would be nice but they had to work so hard just to survive…. I guess if you don’t know any better then you just survive. But I do like the medical advantage that we have nowadays 😊
I can’t imagine wishing for the hardships of the time. You can make a life that is simple like this if you go out and homestead. People do it. But you can get antibiotics and other medical care. Go get the simple life if you want it. You can have it.
I didn’t mean that as mean as it sounds. I really only meant to point out that living that way is possible.
I am 42 years old. I read the series as a child. My 10 year old daughter just read the series in earnest!
I'm 57 years old and I have always loved all of her books. I've been listening to them again recently on my earpods at work and I want to thank you for this, it's very interesting and you did a wonderful job.
To anyone really interested in LIW, I highly recommend the book, “Pioneer Girl, The Annotated Autobiography”. Highly. I checked mine out from the library at least three times, before I bought one. It’s NOT a read through story, so say, though. It’s kind Of a cross between a reference book, and a read book. It’s hard to explain. But it’s really really excellent. It has pictures of as many of the principal players that the editor could find, and updates on them.
I agree with you 100%. I was among the first printing consumers. I have to admit, though, it took me a little while to adjust to some of the truths vs fiction; For example, I really hated knowing that they weren't all alone as a family during The Long Winter. 🥺
Great book, eh?😉
I also agree. I own the book and have not read it from cover to cover but I do enjoy using it as a reference.
@@carmichael2359 I found that part fascinating, especially when they wouldn’t do any work!
@@carmichael2359 The book (The Long Winter) didn't relate that they were 'all alone', but living in Pa's store building in town (after the first blizzard). Were other people there with them? What was different in the 'Pioneer Girl' book?
We have all her books as my girls were growing up I read all her books to them before bed so many memories
I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. I have been a teacher for 40 years and always included a special pioneer theme unit for each of my classes - right down to the bonnets. It has been a real joy to have shared Laura Ingalls Wilder with my students. I even had a student who was related to Laura. I will be retiring soon and plan to visit Rocky Ridge and the Wilder Farm in Malone NY. Thank you for all your hard work to keep Laura’s legacy close to us still. 🌺
I am 36 now and for as long as I can remember, I have been reading Laura's books. I read them, even now, as an adult and I enjoy her story just as much now as I did when I was a child. And not only have I read the classic Little House series, I have read her daughter's series, her mother's series, her grandmother's series AND even her great-grandmother's series. I think that's what I not only love, but RESPECT about Laura Ingalls and this incredible story she has woven about her life on the prairie with her family....that unbreakable spirit that her family had. Her courage and tenacity and that unwavering faith that no matter how bad things got, be it storms or Indians or ruined crops or having to leave home and find a new home....they would be OK so long as they were together and had Pa's fiddle music and faithful old Jack to guide and comfort them. She truly is an American heroine. That is why her stories will never die.
Interestingly enough, while the family's time in Iowa is never mentioned in the books, I distinctly remember, in the last season of Little House On the Prairie (season 9, I believe) there WAS a major shift in the dynamic of the show. Pa decided to move most of his family (He and Ma, and the younger children) to Burr Oak, Iowa and I believe it was to run a hotel. Laura and Almanzo remained behind in Walnut Grove with their little daughter, Rose. Mr. Edwards was there as well, and he became like the father figure to the town and Laura's niece, Jenny (the daughter of Almanzo's brother, Royal) came to live with Laura after her father died. It was interesting....from what I have read of Laura's life with Almanzo, she DID have two children (as she did on the show). She had her daughter, Rose, and they also had a son who died. Mary also had two children with her husband, Adam, but they both died (one in a fire and one as a miscarriage). I'm not sure if Mary Ingalls ever actually married or had children. I know she was stricken blind from Scarlet Fever in real life and Laura had to become her eyes and had to take on a lot of the dreams that Mary could no longer do....like becoming a teacher to help her Pa keep Mary in school.
Mary Ingalls never married, she returned to DeSmet to live with Ma and Pa for the rest of her life. Pa died in 1902, Ma in 1924 and I’m not sure if Mary lived alone (she must have had a companion) and was visiting Carrie in 1928 when she passed. Doctors say that Mary probably developed spinal meningitis or enciphalitis(?) and not scarlet fever
@@wendywoo2180 From what I have read, after the death of her Ma in 1924, Mary lived briefly with her youngest sister, Grace and then she lived with Carrie. It was there that Mary suffered a terrible stroke and later died of pneumonia. She was returned to De Smet and is buried next to her mother and father. It IS true that the real Mary Ingalls never married or had children of her own. I was referring to the character of Mary Ingalls in the television show Little House on the Prairie. I'm sure Michael Landon took some creative liberties with the story, though he DID get some things accurate (such as the jealousy between Laura and Nellie Oleson over the VERY handsome Almanzo, and Mary going blind and going to a blind college.....and of course, the family itself.
The school for the blind was free to attend, the only expenses to cover were clothes and trips to and from the school as the kids could not stay there during summer holidays. And Mary never married.
@@wendywoo2180yes. At the time the family thought it was “brain fever” that was a result of measles that she didn’t get over. Had she had the type of relapse of measles like the doctors thought at the time, she would have died. There is no good explanation as to why Laura and Rose decided to go with scarlet fever instead of measles when they wrote the books. In any case, it wasn’t scarlet fever that caused her blindness.
Her life inspires me because it shows us what resourcefulness, determination, faith and positivity can do, how strong we CAN be if we need to. Though physical work then was harder, i envy the simpler, slower-paced time she lived in. I'd gladly trade our traffic, deadlines, and stress for a life where sunrise and sunset were the main deadlines in a person's day.
well Im sure these people looked around and said "thank goodness we live in a simpler time". c'mon on. women couldnt vote, often had no legal entitlement to the children, probably little medical or dental care, basic education if any, people often died early and the infant mortality rate was much higher. and no indoor plumbing. The pace was slower but it sure wasn't simple.
@@melissam7067 Its true we've gained some things, but lost some too, along the way.
I wouldn't. Hard to imagine how life without electricity without antibiotics and modern medicine cars etc would have been like. I guess since they never had these things they didnt miss or know any better. Kids today who have so much and chaim they are bored, is sad. People claiming anxiety today image the aniexty of living back then just trying to survive day to day.
@@Thundralightall of your points are spot on except the nonsense about anxiety. Anxiety is anxiety and whatever the problems and concerns they affect the person IN the situation. There isn’t any way of comparing and it is inane to do so.
I really enjoyed the presentation! I grew up reading the Little House books, I'm 62 now and I still enjoy reading them. I'm excited to hear that there are audio books of the series too!
I loved Laura's strong work ethic and her love for her family. I'm disappointed that Laura and Rose had such a difficult relationship. I'm sure that she did help put a polish on Laura's writing and should have received recognition for her effort, but to completely ignore her mothers wishes and will the rights to a stranger of the family who really had no interest in Laura's legacy except for the $$$$ seems especially nasty slap on the face of Laura & Almanzo's memory. In my opinion...
I think Laura and Rose just had such different personalities. Laura liked rural life, while Rose was a "modern" woman and loved the city. Rose was also politically-minded and one of of the first what we would call today libertarians. Rose also seems to have been a lesbian, which was probably REALLY difficult in her generation, because you had to basically pretend you weren't. I think I would have been more likely to be friends with Laura, but I have a lot of admiration for Rose too.
I remember reading her books as a little girl and wondering about the woman who wrote the books. What a fascinating adventure through American history.
I love everything Laura Ingalls Wilder! 🥰
Meredith Tomeo did a good job with this presentation. I hope she has done more of them on a variety of American authors.
I'm 12 and read the books
I have loved the "Little House" books since I was a child. I also found the book Caddie Woodlawn in the library and loved that book too.
@Julie Fakkema I loved the book "Caddie Woodlawn" too! It made such an impression on me in my childhood that I bought it again as an adult, just to own a copy of it again.
I listen to the Little House audiobooks from you tube to go to sleep
Thank you for uploading this presentation. I appreciate the stories and facts.
Thanks Todd, for sharing this link. I learned so much more about Laura's life!
@B Burchjolla That's wonderful, the simplicity and lessons is what I appreciate most. Pa was a good Man and Caroline was a Good woman. Thank you for your comment B Burchjolla.
I read the books as a child & watched "Little House on the Prairie". I still watch Little House when I catch it on tv. I really enjoyed this video, I did learn some things I didn't know. Thank you so much for posting this video for everyone to watch & learn.
Thank you for this! Well Done!
I had been watching the movie ("... Beyond the Prairie"), and then, before finishing it (I had to let my dog outside, and I had to look for the movie, when I came back to finish watching it), I saw this video, and I decided to watch it first. This was REALLY interesting, and I appreciate the time and the work it took for you to compile this information together, and to obtain photographs, and to travel to locations to take the rest of the photographs. It reminded me of stories that my father had told me about the cold weather, etc., in Wisconsin and South Dakota. His parents came to the U.S. from Norway, and they first settled in Wisconsin and then South Dakota. His father changed the family name from "Brunn" to "Brown," because he wanted to be seen as an American, and not as an immigrant from Norway. My grandmother, Laura Olson (or "Olsen;" I need to look at my father's death certificate to see the spelling of his mother's maiden name; it is interesting that the real last name of "Brunn" is on this death certificate, so it looks like the name change of my father's parents was not official, though the children were all listed with the last name of "Brown") died from the flu in 1918, when my father was 6 years old. My father had an interesting and unusual life, that he had wanted someone to write about. He died in 2001 from a brain tumor, at the age of 89 years old, and my mother died in 2015, at the age of 95 years old. Your video has inspired me to write about my parents' lives. Thank you for "opening my eyes" to possibilities.
Sounds rather interesting. I'd love to read that story myself.
@Faye Brown - My grandmother was Laura Olsen too! (Whether the spelling is Olsen or Olson designates country of origin) My grandmother married her boss (she was secretary to a bank manager) They were poised to be wealthy society people but grand dad ended up falling on misfortune through drink and illness so, grandma had to come through and provide for the family and she did. She became a manager for Avon. They stayed married but she was bitter and dismissive of her husband. Laura’s husband had Norwegian ancestry. 😅
You very much should write about their lives.
I read the books so much the school library gave them to me and order new ones
My late paternal grandmother had the series. She wouldn't allow me to read Farmer Boy, and she never told me why. I plan to purchase the set and read it entirely, along with the diary she kept during the journey from De Smet to Mansfield.
That's awesome! 😆
@@melissadickerson1773...so did you ever find out why? Lol maybe she thought you'd eat her out of house and home if you read about all that good food 😂
@@PalmarbeachNo she said it wasn't appropriate for me to read, whatever that meant. She didn't realize that I used to read my mom's college textbooks or that my favorite was The Principles and Practices of the Human Anatomy...and it showed body parts, internal and external.
Hi from Japan. Thank you so much for sharing this presentation. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot.
Absolutely fascinating. I enjoyed this so much, having read the Little House books to my sons, now in their fifties! Some of the photos were new to me.
Excellent Presentation!!!
I’ve been to the Kansas house, where the dugout was, to the Florida location, to De Smet, and to Rocky Ridge TWICE because I lived just an hour south of there.
Very good show. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
I'M 57 BEEN A HUGE FAN OF LAURAS SINCE I WAS 9 MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD A BOOK SALE EVENT & I SAW HER BOOK THAT THE PILOT WOULD SOON BE BASED ON I WAS HOOKED IMMEDIATELY FROM THAT BOOK SALE ON & STILL AM TILL TODAY & FOREVER FYI I STILL REMEMBER THE MOMENT I SAW THE BOOK I REMEMBER IT SO CLEARLY!!
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I was in still am a huge fan of the show Little House on the prairie later read the books I found this talk to be fascinating and learned a lot of things I didn't know before thank you very much
A very interesting presentation. I very much enjoyed it. I always love Learning something new about Laura Ingalls wilder. One thing that I learned from this presentation was that the picture of the three girls taken in the 1880s, was the only surviving picture from their childhood. I have always loved this photo. And the fact that I study fashion history, an interesting thing I have learned over the years is, that even though folks did not have much money, ladies still were able to dress fashionably. And these dresses the girls are wearing are dresses are very much of the styles of the 1880s. I believe the presenter thought it was an extra fabric underneath Laura’s skirt, thinking that the skirt was too short. Which is understandable, however, it was actually the style of the time to have an extra flounce at the bottom of the skirt. It kind of mimicked the bustle that was very popular for the women at that time.
Again, I really enjoyed the presentation I did learn new things and now I want to go visit all the sites that she saw on her trip. Thank you for sharing this presentation on TH-cam.
I loved this presentation. I was born in 1973 and grew up reading her books❤️❤️❤️
I was born in 1956 and grew up reading the books
This was a great presentation. Very interesting and very informative. Thank you for this. I read her books as a child and read them to my children and my granddaughters. During this pandemic stay at home I have reread all the books.
I've been binge watching Little House for 3 days now.
Surprised at how much fiction is involved in the storytelling, and yet so entertained with each episode.
Had no idea they moved around so much.
I'm thoroughly enjoying this presentation, and am only halfway through. I will save this upload for future reference.
Kudos to this young lady for doing such a nice job keeping a 50yo man's attention- no easy feat, if I do say so myself.
Be well, all 👍✌️
The books are somewhat truer to the story but they are also fictionalized.
Thank- you for this quality presentation. As a life long fan of the Little House book series and TV series, I am always interested to learn more.
What a gift to hear these true to life stories!
As a young girl my mother used to make us prairie outfits, as every day clothes and I was often teased and called," Little House on the Prarie girl"
At the time I thought it was not kind, but now I think it was wonderful.
It's so nice to hearing the actual thing and all pictures that you took .Thanks for sharing uesful information about the books .
EXCELLENT PRESENTATION....GREAT INFO. THANK YOU!
My love Laura Ingalls brought us through so many
Great hardships.
Now I'm off to read the books for the umpteenth time in my 59 years of life. Thank you...wish you had included more Almanzo information & a visit to his family home in New York though.
I just stumbled on this. I was immediately drawn in! Such a good video! I've been a huge Ingalls fan all my life. I first read all of Laura's books when I was 7. Thank you for such a detailed commentary!
I grew up reading the Little House series and am always fascinated by information about Laura and everyone else in her family. My bucket list includes going to all of the Little House sites.
Have you made it to any Little House sites ?
@@jj-eo7bj not yet.
I found out that I'm related to Laura distantly on several lines, through Pa Charles's mother Laura Louise Colby. A lot of Colbys (traced to Massachusetts) in my lines.
Nice :)
yeh sure you are
@@gc1042 Um, I am.
I envy you! I only wish Laura's son and Rose's child had survived. Eliza Jane eventually had a son, Walter Thayer, late in life.
@@binklebabe4725 Well, I'm 6th and 7th cousins to her on a few lines, so it's not close, but I'm still proud to be related to her. :-) Sad and strange that NONE of the Ingalls sisters have any descendants.
Thanks for doing this presentation. I really enjoyed. Great job! Your an asset to your proffesion.
thank u for this best documentaries ive seen of laura ingalls my dad showed me this book series /tv show too hehe im 21 now but i still love them hehe
Thank you so much for publishing this presentation. I knew most of the items from being a lifelong fan (and I'm 59) and it is on my bucket list to do that covered wagon trail from Pepin, Wisconsin to DeSmet.
I really enjoyed watching this and learned a lot, what a labor of love!
I just THOUGHT I knew a lot having read all of the books several times. I enjoyed this very much.
Thank you ! I enjoyed your presentation a lot
I love the Laura I wilder books
My 3rd grade teacher read the entire series to us and it was my favorite time of class . Im 57 now and it’s an unforgettable experience. ❤️
I enjoyed all the really interesting chronology facts - and family dynamics !
Presenter will do well if she continues working at this presentation…. But I love all the details, as any fan would!! 💞🙏😊
In the late 1980s I visited the "little house by Silver Lake." The week that I visited was 100 years after Laura and her family lived in the small house. That week there were torrential rains and Silver Lake was full...the first time in 100 according to the your guides!
FYI 17:00 Book mentioned. "Caddie Woodlawn" by Carol Ryrie Brink.
I appreciate you putting it into a historical setting because, as a Canadian, I don't know that much about the history and geography of the US. Which is probably the same for her other fans around the world. Also, this is the first time I've heard anyone give details about how Charles and Caroline Ingalls met. Very informative, interesting, and well researched. A good enhancement to anyone interested in Laura and her "Little House" books. Thank you. LL
I love Caddie Woodlawn
Beautifully done I found your video by random and I live everything little house
Great presentation. I have over 100 books about Laura but I still learned a few things. One thing though, her husband’s name is pronounced AlMANzo. The show got it wrong, just ask Dean Butler who played this character. Awesome job, I need to read the books again.
Yes. Almanzo. The show got it right. Laura just gave him the nickname "Manly"
The show did get it wrong. If you listen to the original recording of Laura Ingalls Wilder explaining how she wrote farmer boy, she calls her husband Al-MAN-zo. Hence the nickname she gave him “Manley.”
Yeah, the show got it wrong. I feel like the way they said it in the show is easier on my ears. In the audio books narrated by Cherry Jones, she says his name correctly. I am interested to find the recordings of Laura talking. I would love to hear her.
A few answers to some of the questions from people in her audience. When Laura and Almanzo lost everything and were recovering from Diphtheria, they lived and recovered about a year with Almanzo's family in Spring Valley, MN before going to Florida. Carries's story is pretty interesting. She worked for the local papers then married David N. Swanzey when she was in her 40's, Her husband had a part in naming Mount Rushmore. Her step son helped carve it. They lived in Keystone, South Dakota, not DeSmet. Mary lived with her mother in DeSmet until her mother's death. She then went to live with Grace in Manchester, South Dakota, which is a neighboring town next to DeSmet. Manchester was totally wiped from a tornado in 2003. There is nothing there now. After that she went to live with Carrie, in Keystone and that is where she died. They took her body back to DeSmet and buried her next to her parents. Royal left DeSmet, I am not sure which date exactly, perhaps when Laura and Almanzo moved to the Wilder farm in Spring Valley. He married there in 1893. So it was some time before that, that he left DeSmet.
Thanks for that update. I have wondered how their life went. A wonderful family. ✌❤🙏
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester,_South_Dakota
So Mary never did marry that man from the blind school?
I also thought Carrie was a smart cookie. Isn't it interesting how none of the Ingalls girls had any children of their own except Laura? And Rose never had any, so there are no descendants. Kind of sad.
@@chefevilee9566 Nope, Mary never married in real life -- Adam Kendall was completely fictional. The other three Ingalls sisters did marry, but the only one who had any kids was Laura. And Laura's daughter Rose never had children. EDIT: Rose actually did have a stillborn boy.
Wow! Thank you for a very informative and insightful presentation.
The Laura books remind me of The Little Women Books and the Anne of Green Gables books. I love them all and i love all narrated by Cherry Jones and Beverly Volfie. They both put so much into their readings of the books.
Thank you for sharing this! I loved little house on the prairie, my favorite show as a kid and still now. 😊☀️
This was really interesting; thanks for posting online
Thoroughly enjoyed this presentation and so glad I came across it. I’ve long been fascinated by Rose in particular. Well done!
I am extremely appreciative of your work in exploring and explaining this. I got really into Michael Landon through Highway to Heaven. And then Little House. Now, I'm hooked. Thanks for this :-)
I fell in love with the little house on the prairie books when I was in fourth grade. My teacher introduced us to the books and we started reading them in class from that point on my love for reading started. I have loved those books my entire life I am 49 years old now. And I still sit down and read them even though they are for a 12-year-old Not only did I love the books, but I also love the series that went on for nine years. Every couple years I will watch the entire series again I know it’s just a small part of what the real Laura Ingalls wilder was, but it still really nice to see. I still think Laura Ingalls wilder from putting a fire under me and making me love reading. Because of her books, my love of reading was formed.
Kudos on the presentation. It was well researched and showed a real affection for the books. participated as part of an advising event for the Rocky Ridge Farm several years ago. The house Almazo built is fascinating. Laura's handwritten manuscripts are on display, as well as the actual household furnishings. One thing I loved hearing was about the number of Japanese visitors they have. LIW has fans all over the world, and Japanese families make Manchester, MO part of their trips to the U.S. The head of the foundation and staff members always referred to the author as Mrs. Wilder, never Laura. I got the impression that Mrs. Wilder carried herself with a great deal of presence and dignity. Yes, I saw Pa's fiddle. :-)
Wow great presentation by this beautiful lady I’m in Australia and read the books and watched all the seasons growing up I want to come over one day to go and visit all the places but at 58 and on a pension doubt I will ever get there just how it is 🙏🙏🙏
I was first obsessed with Laura Wilder Ingalls books back in 2000. I gotten some of the copies from a Thrift store and then at the bookstore near me. I stayed in Detroit Michigan where I was born and raised. Nice how Laura put her adventures in her books.
Laura Ingalls Wilder, painted a picture of her time, its part of history, and a pleasure to read. Laura is the equivalent of Lucy Maude Montgomery, famous for Anne of Green Gables. Its a tantalizing peek into what life was like in their time. So happy and fortune to able to experience their life thru their books.
I have always seen the both together as well...the American pioneer and the Canadian maritimer.
I always think of these two series together!
Thank you for posting. . First time seeing this one. . ❤
Enlightening, thank you for the presentation!
Stopped by this video because LHOTP just turned 50 YO. Yay! This is very well done. Very informative & thorough. Thank you, little Miss
We modern day people often see these times as the simpler times. But they were not as simple as we think they were. The times were quite hard. I think we only view them as "simple" because of how complicated things are today with all of the technology. I can't help but to wonder what the Ingalls family would think if they knew what we have today. But we can still see little bits of what it must've been like back then. All you have to do is visit the older order Amish communities. They live close to what the Ingalls might've lived like.
If you think about all the inventions that happened during Laura’s life she saw a lot.
Thanks ton. Such a fav her books, helps with illness pain. God's the best. Love the songs she included in the books, esp Hymns. May God bless u with Baptism of Holy Ghost. Such joy peace comfort with illness. Salvation too Acts 2:1-5 1:5 2:38-39 19:1-6
I just stumbled on this by accident. Wonderful! I grew up in the Netherlands and the Little House books began to be published in Dutch when I was about 9, in the early 1960s - with the Garth Williams illustrations. I got a book for each birthday and for each X-mas and I hungered for the new one each time. I must have reread each book a few times. In 1980 I moved to Louisiana and in late 1981, I went on a trip into Arkansas and a tiny portion of Missouri. Of course Rocky Ridge Farm was closed for the season and of course I didn't know that because in the days before internet, one just didn't know those things. I stood at the gate of the grounds and looked at the house and that was a big moment.
I was saddened that the children's lit award that carried Laura's name changed its name last year. I understand why it happened and I respect the decision but it still saddened me.
I started reading the books while in school. That must have been in the latter half of the 60ties. Like you I live in the Netherlands (though I never emigrated) I still have the books (exept Farmer boy) and own Pioneer girl, the annotated biografie.
In that book I learned that a portion of the Ingallses life never made it to the books. I remember the television series very well and always considered the hotel episodes a bunch of made up crap. (A lot in the serie was made up, but entertaining) In fact they díd work in a hotel. Just like the part on baby Freddie. But there was indeed a Freddie.
Also in Pioneer girl it became clear that the family wasn't on their own in The long winter. There was another family living with them, but these people usually parasited on them as they didn't lift a finger on twisting hay or grinding wheat. It was explained as making the Ingalls family more isolated and on their own for dramatic purposes. (As if that winter with a town on the verge of famine wasn't dramatic enough)
@@thetigress62 Fun. I never watched the TV series, I didn't want to. I didn't want the sentimental TV rendering to mix with my own imagination about everything.
@@eckosters Love your comment! Just my opinion; The TV series is one of the best series I've seen. A wonderful job was done and captures a great mood aligned with the books and the actors did a great job. As an African American I understand some of the contention about awards and highly appreciate it. However the producers of the series did such a great job in casting some historical aspects of those times. One of my favorites were the episode where Ms. Olson pressed her husband into the boxing ring (hilarious!) And also the episode about the job of transporting dynamite starring Louis Gossett Jr. They chose awesome African American actors. Side Note: Laura Ingalls Wilder is one of my favorite authors. Loved this presentation.
This was a magnificent job. Thank You ! LHOP forever
This was very interesting en informative, thank you! Greetings from a huge Laura Ingalls Wilder fan from the Netherlands.
I read the books as an adult raising my own children. I read then every Fall to keep myself from feeling cut off from my American roots (I live abroad) but I could never appreciate the series. It can't hold a candle to the excellent writing and completeness of the books. I love Pa and the whole family.
A wealth of info; most new for me. Thanks for posting!
That was pretty good. Well spoken first hand knowledge of what’s left and articulate in the story. Very pretty too. Good job
Highly informative and interesting.
Here in Brazil, the TV series "Little house on the prairie" is called "The pioneers".
It was broadcasted in the 70's and 80's and since then the uplifting messages provided by it, have resonated in the hearts of those ones who have watched the episodes. 🇧🇷
Thank you so much, this is great !!!🙏❤️
We have these books and DVD's and loved their life.
I went to Mansfield Mo it's a very beautiful place to live I see why they lived the 60+ years .... your very knowledgeable enjoyed your detailed story into her life
I really liked this presentation. I found it very comprehensive.
Thank you so much for this presentation
Thanks! Fun to watch and very informative :P
Rose had several miscarriages when married to Gillette Lane. She also had a still born son while visiting Salt Lake City in 1919. Laura visited with Rose and Gillette I think in 1915 in San Francisco. A book was published about that.
Caroline passed away Easter Sunday 1924. Mary in 1928. The narrator said baby Freddie died at a month old, he was 9months and buried in South Troy, Wabasha County MN while the Ingalls were visiting Uncle Peter's family
She got married on August 25, 1885, at age 18. Almanzo was a full 10 years older than Laura.
Yes. It's well known, but it was not a big deal then. Girls often married at 16. Laura was an adult and she and her father had known Almanzo for years.
It doesn,t matter.Back in the 1880's young girls used to marry at 16 OR 17 SOMETIMES YOUNGER AT 14 and the husband was older 10 years older. It was common , and very well tolerated.And the husband was often the first love , not always but often . Girls were educated to get married since they were little girls.
I'm not criticizing, but merely reporting facts. No need to get defensive.
I'm thinking a lot of girls back then married at 13 and boys 14 15 years old i don't know how true that is
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thank you how nice. me and daughters love books. i know what books im gonna read. how lovely
Very interesting and informative. Now I’ll have to read the books again.
Thanks for sharing your video. I enjoyed watching. Take care and God Bless.
Tomarse su tiempo para impartir una charla que presenta qué sucedió en la trastienda de los libros que no solo en EEUU acompañaron a muchos niños es toda una contribución que merece ser reconocida Sra. Meredith Tomeo. Se lo agradecemos.
This was a wonderful presentation. Well researched. Thank you!
Really enjoyed!! Thank you!
I grew up in the little town in Florida called Bonifay, Florida. We have records of her and their family living there.
They went for Almanzo's health. Laura hated Florida.
Laura had a rough time of it there because she didn't understand much about Florida. If she had moved to the JACKSONVILLE area at that time in history, her life may have involved Florida much more than it did.
You did a fabulous job with this presentation! Thank you!
This was so well done. I’ve watched this 3 times already! Fantastic work!
The reason they didn't smile in old pictures is because it took a long time to take the picture with the old cameras. It is much harder to hold a smile for several minutes than it is a solemn face. If you moved, it caused a blurred picture. So it was not by choice and doesn't reflect their actual mood.
I wonder if it wasn’t also because it was more proper to be serious and not show much emotion.
Great presentation!!!
Glad to see that people are still enjoying my aunt's books.
Nice try...there are no nieces or nephews for Laura.
Rose stated unequivocally that her mother’s books were not fiction, they were written exactly as her mother remembered the events.
Laura had to sugarcoat alot of stuff,and that was because her editors told her to. She couldn't tell the family in walnut Grove ,lived temporarily over a saloon,or Pa secret shady dealings. She doesnt stress too heavily about how much she was actually afraid that Pa Ingalls would sell her off to other homesteaders,which was very common in that time period, esp if one had too many Daughters. This is why Laura worked so hard in the fields with Pa.....to prove her worth to him. Why she worked so hard to get a teacher certificate, to pay for Mary's college. Almost all the money she ever worked for was taken by Pa. When she worked in town,making clothes,did Pa allow her to keep some of her earnings, so she could buy her own clothes. Now,whether or not he ever truly meant to sell her off,we will never know,but her fear was real.nor did he really do anything to assure her otherwise.
Beautiful Dreamer where did you get this information?
@@melissagraeff1096 from another book called The true story of Laura Ingalls Wilder. It also tells How Nellie Olson is a composite of two young women. I did in college a very deep in depth Report on Laura Ingalls Wilder. The book is called Pioneer Girl,The true story of Laura Ingalls Wilder. I hear it can be hard to find,but perhaps Amazon? I came across it in a thrift store many years ago, at least 30 years ago.
@@beautifuldreamer3991 Even if labeled a "true" story, it is an author's perspective. Take it with a grain of salt, especially given the clouded vision in the lens of hindsight. Some of the "facts" you cite do not in the least make logical sense in light of a father who obviously warm, thoughtful, and loved his daughters; he shared music and love of literature, he shouldered the financial burden of educating a blind daughter at a specialized school, and traveled long distances to get an adult daughter medical care and surgery for intense pain. Those were not actions that would have been undertaken by most people of that socioeconomic level. I am sure the doctor's wife suggested the "trade" of daughter for fee of service. And I am certain that would have stuck in the mind of a child. But, I doubt very seriously that it was ever considered as an option by her parents. And, as for working and giving her father her earnings, even in the 1950s, my mother worked as a teenager and gave all of her earnings to her mother. That is what people do when they are poor. Good Heavens...I surely do hate the common trend of revisionist history from contemporary Americans who have no clue what life was like without privilege and common comforts.
Yes, Wendy, that comment about her work being fiction is baloney. That did not set well with me, either. A memoir, or even creative nonfiction, of which these books have the flavor, is not fiction. Some of this young lady's comments are not very informed. She is speculating about why Carrie did not smile in her portrait and makes subjective observations about photographs that are not exactly "informed." In those days, it was not considered "dignified" to smile for portraits. In addition, most people in those days did not have access to dentistry, and they were self conscious about their their teeth and their smiles.