Laura Ingalls Wilder and the American Frontier: Five Perspectives

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Laura Ingalls Wilder and the American Frontier provides the reader with a broad sweep of information on Wilder not readily available in any other format. Included in this work are: discussions of Wilder's life; her writings and their influence on the interpretation of the American frontier, the feminine role in frontier life, Native American relations; and the use of the Little House as a teaching tool. Students of Western history, feminist scholars, home schoolteachers, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder following will find this an informative and enjoyable source.

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The 'Little Houses' have much to say to us in a scholarly realm and Wilder's writing remains an invaluable key to our understanding of the American frontier of the nineteenth century. Scholars Elizabeth Jameson, Anita Clair Fellman, Ann Weller Dahl, John E. Miller and Ann Romines each offer perceptive views on the influence, philosophy and documentary value of the 'Little House' books. Dwight Miller has done an excellent job of compiling and editing these essays into an outstanding volume that will beof interest to all of the readers of the 'Little House' books. -- William Anderson, author of Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography
On the whole, this is an engaging collection of 'teasers' by the top scholars in the fieldthe volume will engage and energize Wilder scholarsit may also encourage children's literature scholars to repertoire of critical and theoretical approaches. Finally, this project is ideal for librarians and teachers as well> -- Anne K. Phillips, Kansas State University * Children's Literature Association Quarterly *
Ranging in depth and significance, the essays seem geared to readers coming for the first time to research and commentary on Wilder and will likely leave them desiring to know more. -- Philip Heldrich, Department of English, Emporia State University * Great Plains Quarterly *
..vivid and lively reading. -- Wilma Snyder * Wytherville Enterprise *
...an excellent model of how interdisciplinary approaches continue to invigorate Wilder studies and makes a strong case for the book's historic and literary significance. -- Laura Cuozzo * Western American Literature *
...an excellent model of how interdisciplinary approaches continue to invigorate Wilder studies and makes a strong case for the book's historic and literary significance. -- Laura Cuozzo * Western American Literature *
The 'Little Houses' have much to say to us in a scholarly realm and Wilder's writing remains an invaluable key to our understanding of the American frontier of the nineteenth century. Scholars Elizabeth Jameson, Anita Clair Fellman, Ann Weller Dahl, John E. Miller and Ann Romines each offer perceptive views on the influence, philosophy and documentary value of the 'Little House' books. Dwight Miller has done an excellent job of compiling and editing these essays into an outstanding volume that will be of interest to all of the readers of the 'Little House' books. -- William Anderson, author of Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography
On the whole, this is an engaging collection of 'teasers' by the top scholars in the fieldthe volume will engage and energize Wilder scholarsit may also encourage children's literature scholars to repertoire of critical and theoretical approaches. Finally, this project is ideal for librarians and teachers as well -- Anne K. Phillips, Kansas State University * Children's Literature Association Quarterly *
Ranging in depth and significance, the essays seem geared to readers coming for the first time to research and commentary on Wilder and will likely leave them desiring to know more. -- Philip Heldrich, Department of English, Emporia State University * Great Plains Quarterly *
..vivid and lively reading. -- Wilma Snyder * Wytherville Enterprise *

Author Bio

Dwight M. Miller is a retired archivist. He served as Senior Archivist in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library from 1964 to 1999. He has edited several books, including: The Public Papers of the Presidents: Herbert Hoover, 1923-1933 (GPO, 1974-1977) and Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Documentary History (Greenwood, 1998).