{"id":477,"date":"2017-02-07T21:42:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T21:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelittlehousearchive.wordpress.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2020-12-19T22:19:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T22:19:03","slug":"laura-ingalls-wilder-sesquicentenary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjaminlefebvre.com\/littlehouse\/2017\/02\/07\/laura-ingalls-wilder-sesquicentenary\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Ingalls Wilder Sesquicentenary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Ingalls Wilder was born one hundred and fifty years ago today, on 7 February 1867. In celebration of the sesquicentenary of her birth, Wilder&#8217;s longtime publisher, HarperCollins, releases today new unjacketed hardcover editions of\u00a0<em>Little House in the Big Woods<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Farmer Boy<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>, both individually and as a box set. <a href=\"https:\/\/benjaminlefebvre.com\/littlehouse\/2016\/11\/29\/back-to-little-house\/\">As I&#8217;ve noted about these editions already<\/a>, they omit Garth Williams&#8217;s iconic illustrations but include new introductions by\u00a0Laura Bush, Ree Drummond, and Patricia MacLachlan.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-481\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/benjaminlefebvre.com\/littlehouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/02\/littlehouse3bookboxset2017.png?resize=523%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"littlehouse3bookboxset2017\" width=\"523\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/benjaminlefebvre.com\/littlehouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/02\/littlehouse3bookboxset2017.png?w=523&amp;ssl=1 523w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/benjaminlefebvre.com\/littlehouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/02\/littlehouse3bookboxset2017.png?resize=262%2C300&amp;ssl=1 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also being released today is\u00a0the paperback edition of\u00a0<em>The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder<\/em>, edited by William Anderson, which is a really engrossing read, by the way. Online vendors are listing the new edition of\u00a0<em>The Little House Book of Wisdom<\/em> as being delayed by a few weeks, but I did get notification just now that the copy I&#8217;d ordered is on its way to me.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, just wanted to draw your attention to a witty Twitter account that announced this morning a set of birthday plans for Wilder&#8217;s sesquicentenary:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">150th BIRTHDAY PLANS<br \/>\u2022 do shots w\/ Charles Dickens<br \/>\u2022 haunt anyone attributing &quot;Home is the nicest word there is&quot; quote to me<br \/>\u2022 EAT CANDY<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laura Ingalls Wilder (@HalfPintIngalls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HalfPintIngalls\/status\/828958634373763073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And so, happy birthday, Laura! And happy birthday, Mrs. Wilder!<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: Also, Maria Russo&#8217;s\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em> article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/02\/07\/books\/review\/little-house-laura-ingalls-wilder-anniversary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Finding America, Both Red and Blue, in the \u2018Little House\u2019 Books<\/a>,\u201d published today, provides a timely and nuanced reading of Wilder\u2019s complicated legacy in American culture and beyond, including the elements that act as \u201cone giant hushing of Native American history.\u201d I teach\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em> at the university level not\u00a0<em>in spite<\/em> of those elements, but\u00a0<em>because<\/em> it is important to understand how the books offer readers a view of American society that both includes and excludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Ingalls Wilder was born one hundred and fifty years ago today, on 7 February 1867. 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