This search has turned out to be much more difficult than I thought it would. I grew up watching Little House on the Prairie and I knew that it was somewhat popular. I did not think finding information about this show would be such a task. Most of the sources I was able to find were actually books that were part of the series of Little House on the Prairie. There was little or nothing about the television program itself. What I could find were short descriptions and reviews of the actual novel.
"The article (Off the Prairie) discusses historical fiction for young girls. The author begins the piece discussing her own dislike of Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie" books, comparing those experiences with the current popularity of the "American Girls Collection" books. The article discusses several historical fiction books for girls, including the Rosie Lepidus books by Carol Matas, Deborah Hopkinson's Klondike Kid trilogy, and Kate McMullan's Dragon Slayers' Academy books (Beram, 61-67)."
After looking more in depth I was able to retrieve some information that is about the original Little House in an article titled The Real Little House on the Prairie.
"When Laura's Pa saw the tall grass prairie near Indian Territory, he knew that this was the place he had been looking for. "Here we are, Caroline!" he said. "Right here we'll build our house."
Pa took the wagon and began to cut and haul logs for the house. Today, the little house still sits on the crest of the tall grass prairie north of Caney and south of Independence, Kansas. It has been preserved by people who are devoted to Laura and her stories.
Inside, Pa furnished the house first with the wagon seat and blankets. Later, he built a bed and a table. The family all sat on the floor, which he made out of smoothed-out logs. Perhaps the most comforting thing he built was the fireplace.
Today, wild game is still plentiful on the prairie. Many people who live there hunt prairie chickens, quail, wild turkeys, deer, rabbits, and squirrels and catch fish in the rivers and ponds. On the prairie, the wind always blows, day and night.
Little House on the Prairie is a place that many people drive for miles to see. It is still much as it was in Laura's day (Alexander 10)."
After researching Galileo for a while I was able to find an article discussing the actors of the television show.
"Whoa - no Nellie Oleson? That's right, this epic mini-series based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved autobiographical adventures of an American frontier family in the early 1900s ignores the sappy '70s TV hit with Melissa Gilbert. This more loyal, robust version - starring standouts Cameron Bancroft as Charles and KyIe Chavarria as spunky ' daughter Laura - has a few maudlin family-show moments (horse lovers will cry). But the bulk of this masterfully made series is nailbiting (coyotes attack Pa in the two-hour opener!), truly breathtaking (deer run wild on that prairie) and gratitude-building (mealtime is a struggle). Oh, and Pa is darned good-lookin'!
FINAL SAY **** A pretty incredible journey (Griffiths 84)."
It seems that I found enough information regarding the show, novel, and actual site of the Little House. I moved on to looking more in depth and researching Melissa Gilbert who played the main character, Laura Ingalls in the television show. The article I found was quoting a personal interview of Gilbert once she won the SAG Award.
"The Hollywood Reporter: What do the SAG Awards mean to the guild?
Melissa Gilbert: I think that anything that draws attention to the Screen Actors Guild as an entity is a good thing. The awards certainly bring attention to the fact that we support each other, and that we are bonded together as performers in a special way. I think what will be reflected this year will be more of our connection to labor as a whole. (U.S. Rep.) John Sweeney is going to come to this year's awards, and there are a lot of labor leaders who are getting involved in this. Anything that raises the profile for labor in entertainment raises the profile for labor in the country. That is a really good thing, especially in the current climate, where we are existing in the purview of a government that isn't particularly labor-friendly (Kiefer S6)."
Looking a little more in depth of Gilbert's life, I was able to find
"Seated at the large desk in her Los Angeles SAG office-"President Mom" spelled out in building blocks behind her-[Melissa Gilbert], 38, certainly looks the part. Married to actor Bruce Boxleitner, 52, since 1995, she's the mother of two boys, [Michael Fleeman], 7, her son with Boxleitner, and Dakota, 13, whose dad is her former husband, actor Bo Brinkman (Tauber 113)."
Overall, this assignment has been much more intense that I thought it would be. I learned more about the actual characters and about the true history of the Little House.
"The article (Off the Prairie) discusses historical fiction for young girls. The author begins the piece discussing her own dislike of Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie" books, comparing those experiences with the current popularity of the "American Girls Collection" books. The article discusses several historical fiction books for girls, including the Rosie Lepidus books by Carol Matas, Deborah Hopkinson's Klondike Kid trilogy, and Kate McMullan's Dragon Slayers' Academy books (Beram, 61-67)."
After looking more in depth I was able to retrieve some information that is about the original Little House in an article titled The Real Little House on the Prairie.
"When Laura's Pa saw the tall grass prairie near Indian Territory, he knew that this was the place he had been looking for. "Here we are, Caroline!" he said. "Right here we'll build our house."
Pa took the wagon and began to cut and haul logs for the house. Today, the little house still sits on the crest of the tall grass prairie north of Caney and south of Independence, Kansas. It has been preserved by people who are devoted to Laura and her stories.
Inside, Pa furnished the house first with the wagon seat and blankets. Later, he built a bed and a table. The family all sat on the floor, which he made out of smoothed-out logs. Perhaps the most comforting thing he built was the fireplace.
Today, wild game is still plentiful on the prairie. Many people who live there hunt prairie chickens, quail, wild turkeys, deer, rabbits, and squirrels and catch fish in the rivers and ponds. On the prairie, the wind always blows, day and night.
Little House on the Prairie is a place that many people drive for miles to see. It is still much as it was in Laura's day (Alexander 10)."
After researching Galileo for a while I was able to find an article discussing the actors of the television show.
"Whoa - no Nellie Oleson? That's right, this epic mini-series based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved autobiographical adventures of an American frontier family in the early 1900s ignores the sappy '70s TV hit with Melissa Gilbert. This more loyal, robust version - starring standouts Cameron Bancroft as Charles and KyIe Chavarria as spunky ' daughter Laura - has a few maudlin family-show moments (horse lovers will cry). But the bulk of this masterfully made series is nailbiting (coyotes attack Pa in the two-hour opener!), truly breathtaking (deer run wild on that prairie) and gratitude-building (mealtime is a struggle). Oh, and Pa is darned good-lookin'!
FINAL SAY **** A pretty incredible journey (Griffiths 84)."
It seems that I found enough information regarding the show, novel, and actual site of the Little House. I moved on to looking more in depth and researching Melissa Gilbert who played the main character, Laura Ingalls in the television show. The article I found was quoting a personal interview of Gilbert once she won the SAG Award.
"The Hollywood Reporter: What do the SAG Awards mean to the guild?
Melissa Gilbert: I think that anything that draws attention to the Screen Actors Guild as an entity is a good thing. The awards certainly bring attention to the fact that we support each other, and that we are bonded together as performers in a special way. I think what will be reflected this year will be more of our connection to labor as a whole. (U.S. Rep.) John Sweeney is going to come to this year's awards, and there are a lot of labor leaders who are getting involved in this. Anything that raises the profile for labor in entertainment raises the profile for labor in the country. That is a really good thing, especially in the current climate, where we are existing in the purview of a government that isn't particularly labor-friendly (Kiefer S6)."
Looking a little more in depth of Gilbert's life, I was able to find
"Seated at the large desk in her Los Angeles SAG office-"President Mom" spelled out in building blocks behind her-[Melissa Gilbert], 38, certainly looks the part. Married to actor Bruce Boxleitner, 52, since 1995, she's the mother of two boys, [Michael Fleeman], 7, her son with Boxleitner, and Dakota, 13, whose dad is her former husband, actor Bo Brinkman (Tauber 113)."
Overall, this assignment has been much more intense that I thought it would be. I learned more about the actual characters and about the true history of the Little House.
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Did you learn that Laura Ingalls was a real person?
Yes, I actually did. I also learned about the actual "Little House". I found articles about its renovation and some other information about when it was for sale.
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