Fascinating and thought-provoking
Like the host, I was a huge Laura Ingalls Wilder fan as a (Canadian) child, and I read the books and watched the TV show - I even recently reread the books. This podcast was really eye-opening because it explored things that I never considered as well as things that I wondered about. This podcast is extremely well researched and well produced and definitely worth a listen if you are at all a former or current fan of Little House on the Prairie or Laura Ingalls books, or just want a wild story about an incredibly popular children’s literature series that holds a mirror up to American identity.
Hippersons via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 09/02/23
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Did you read the Little House books, watch the show? Then this podcast is for you. It tells the story behind the stories. It fills in the blanks and covers the good, the bad and the ugly. Really well done.
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