Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser (review)

Hill's edited, annotated edition of Wilder's memoir, Pioneer Girl (2014), made accessible to mainstream audiences by the South Dakota Historical Society Press as the initial volume in its Pioneer Girl Project, brought to greater awareness the ways in which the fiction deviated from the fac...

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Published in:Children's Literature Association Quarterly 2018-10, Vol.43 (3), p.346-348
Main Author: Phillips, Anne K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anderson, John E
Attitudes
Authorial voice
Authorship
Biographies
Childrens literature
Childrens picture books
Collaboration
Females
Fiction
Literary devices
Wilder, Laura Ingalls (1867-1957)
Writers
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Summary:Hill's edited, annotated edition of Wilder's memoir, Pioneer Girl (2014), made accessible to mainstream audiences by the South Dakota Historical Society Press as the initial volume in its Pioneer Girl Project, brought to greater awareness the ways in which the fiction deviated from the facts of the Ingalls family's experience and was constructed and shaped by Lane as well as Wilder. Fraser's thorough representation of both authors' voices, and her compelling analysis of their strengths and weaknesses as writers,will provide authoritative guidance to current conversations about the nature of the collaboration, whose participants eagerly await the final two volumes of the Pioneer Girl Project. [...]it's difficult to imagine publishing anything related to the Little House series without acknowledging the substantive critiques of Wilder's attitude toward and depiction of Native peoples.
ISSN:0885-0429
1553-1201
1553-1201
DOI:10.1353/chq.2018.0039