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Miller combines analyses of Wilder and Lane to explore their collaborative process and shows how their books reflect the authors distinctive views of place, time, and culture. He compares Wilder with Frederick Jackson Turner as a frontier mythmaker and examines Lane s unpublished history of Missouri in the context of Thomas Hart Benton s famous Jefferson City mural. Miller also looks at Wilder s Missouri Ruralist columns to assess her pre Little House values and writing skills, and he readdresses her literary treatment of Native Americans. He shows how Wilder s and Lane s conservative political views found expression in their work.
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“The essays are pleasantly readable and open new opportunities for better understanding Wilder’s and Lane’s writing through Miller’s rich contextualization of the authors’ lives and work. He also includes relevant details about Wilder’s complex relationship with Lane, explores their evolving political views, and offers a voice of reason amidst recent accusations that Wilder’s work is “racist” in its presentation of American Indian issues. Scholars of Wilder’s and Lane’s work and fans of the Little House series alike will undoubtedly find Miller’s collection of essays enjoyable and informative.”—Western Historical Quarterly
“Miller presents Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane as products of their respective times, showing how during the Great Depression both Wilder and, especially, Lane positioned themselves in opposition to FDR’s New Deal with their increasingly libertarian politics. Readers will come away from this study with a deeper understanding of Wilder, Lane, their relationship, and how time, place, and culture deeply shaped their writing and many shared philosophies.”—Great Plains Quarterly
John E. Miller is the author of Laura Ingalls Wilder s Little Town: Where History and Literature Meet and Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Woman behind the Legend (University of Missouri Press). He is Professor Emeritus of History at South Dakota State University and lives in Brookings.
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“This book should be read by any interested in a snapshot of the major issues addressed in Wilder scholarship.”—American Studies
“The essays are pleasantly readable and open new opportunities for better understanding Wilder’s and Lane’s writing through Miller’s rich contextualization of the authors’ lives and work. He also includes relevant details about Wilder’s complex relationship with Lane, explores their evolving political views, and offers a voice of reason amidst recent accusations that Wilder’s work is “racist” in its presentation of American Indian issues. Scholars of Wilder’s and Lane’s work and fans of the Little House series alike will undoubtedly find Miller’s collection of essays enjoyable and informative.”—Western Historical Quarterly
“Miller presents Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane as products of their respective times, showing how during the Great Depression both Wilder and, especially, Lane positioned themselves in opposition to FDR’s New Deal with their increasingly libertarian politics. Readers will come away from this study with a deeper understanding of Wilder, Lane, their relationship, and how time, place, and culture deeply shaped their writing and many shared philosophies.”—Great Plains Quarterly
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- PublisherUniversity of Missouri
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0826266592
- ISBN 13 9780826266590
- BindingMisc. Supplies
- Number of pages280
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