E105: How I Came to Love Historical Fiction

Today's books: Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1932. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1935. Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1933. On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1937. By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1939. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1940. Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1941. These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder, HarperCollins, 1943. The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1971. Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson. Delacorte Press, 2006. Links to some of the things we talked about today: The History Chicks podcast episode on Laura Ingalls Wilder. Some basic info on the Homestead Act . Links to the two charts about number of Homestead Final Patents: 5 year increments, 10 year increments. Montana specific Homestead Act Info. Roger Lea MacBride's obituary. Little House as a teachable moment. Little House from the American Indians in Children's Literature blog.