frontier and pioneer life in literature

Irreverently retraces the pioneer journeys of the Ingalls family as depicted in the famous Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, identifying its fictional and factual aspects while visiting the historical sites where young Laura grew up.

Presents sixteen essays on twentieth-century American writer Willa Cather's novel "My Antonia, " plus a biography of Cather and introductory discussion of the novel's characters and plot.

Discusses the life and works of the woman whose many moves with her family in her childhood provided the material to create her famous "Little House" books.