The Rediscovered Writings of Rose Wilder Lane

by Lauters, Amy Mattson

• ISBN13: 9780826217219
• ISBN10: 0826217214
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-28
• Publisher: Univ of Missouri Pr

Summary

This book recovers journalistic work by an American icon for whom scholarly recognition is long overdue. Through numerous short stories, novels such asFreeLand, and political writings such as "Credo," Rose Wilder Lane forged a literary career that would be eclipsed by the shadow of her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose Little House books Lane edited. Amy Mattson Lauters has assembled a collection of rarely seen nonfiction articles that illustrate Laners"s talent as a writer of literary nonfiction, provide on-the-spot views of key moments in American cultural history, and offer sharp commentary on historical events.The Rediscovered Writings of Rose Wilder Lanetraces the extraordinary relationship between one woman and American society over fifty pivotal years and offers readers a treasury of writings to enjoy and discuss.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. VII
Introduction	p. 1
Mrs. Lane Goes to Hollywood	p. 10
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars!	p. 11
Mars in the Movies	p. 18
How I Became a Great Actress	p. 24
Mrs. Lane Writes about the War	p. 32
The Girls They Leave behind Them	p. 32
A Bit of Gray in a Blue Sky	p. 39
Mrs. Lane Writes for the Red Cross	p. 47
The Children's Crusade	p. 48
Mother No. 22,999	p. 61
Mrs. Lane Writes from Abroad	p. 70
Budapest for a Bath	p. 71
Edelweiss on Chafa Shalit	p. 79
Mrs. Lane Writes about Herself	p. 90
I, Rose Wilder Lane,...	p. 91
How I Wrote "Yarbwoman"	p. 98
In Mrs. Lane's Opinion	p. 102
Don't Send Your Son to College	p. 103
We Women Are Not Good Citizens	p. 109
Don't Tell Me How to Live My Life	p. 113
We Who Have Sons	p. 117
Force Won't Keep the Peace	p. 125
Mrs. Lane Writes from the Heartland	p. 133
We Go to a Wedding	p. 133
Minnesota Farm Boy	p. 139
Mrs. Lane's Final Work	p. 144
August in Viet Nam	p. 146
Selected Bibliography	p. 161
Rose Wilder Lane's Nonfiction	p. 161
Scholarship and Other Writings	p. 162
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