03347nam 2200721Ia 450 991096805350332120200520144314.09780826265326082626532497808262611510826261159978082626533308262653329780826216489(CKB)1000000000467110(SSID)ssj0000109620(PQKBManifestationID)11130969(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109620(PQKBWorkID)10046405(PQKB)10491820(MiAaPQ)EBC3570911(OCoLC)191935640(MdBmJHUP)muse34762(Au-PeEL)EBL3570911(CaPaEBR)ebr10155117(OCoLC)842266656(Perlego)1693881(EXLCZ)99100000000046711019971219d1998 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBecoming Laura Ingalls Wilder the woman behind the legend /John E. Miller1st ed.Columbia University of Missouri Pressc1998xii, 306 p. illMissouri biography seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780826216489 082621648X Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-289) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Pioneer Girl, 1867-1879 -- 2. Schoolgirl and Courting Days, 1879-1885 -- 3. The Joys and Sorrows of Early Married Life, 1885-1894 -- 4. In the Land of the Big Red Apple, 1894-1911 -- 5. Building a Writing Career, 1911-1923 -- 6. Turning to Autobiography, 1923-1932 -- 7. Becoming a Celebrated Author, 1932-1937 -- 8. Completing the Series, 1937-1943 -- 9. Basking in the Glow of Her Readers' Affection, 1943-1957 -- Notes -- Index.Although generations of readers of the Little House books are familiar with Laura Ingalls Wilder's early life up through her first years of marriage to Almanzo Wilder, few know about her adult years. Going beyond previous studies, Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder focuses upon Wilder's years in Missouri from 1894 to 1957. Utilizing her unpublished autobiography, letters, newspaper stories, and other documentary evidence, John E. Miller fills the gaps in Wilder's autobiographical novels and describes her sixty-three years of living in Mansfield, Missouri. As a result, the process of personal development that culminated in Wilder's writing of the novels that secured her reputation as one of America's most popular children's authors becomes evident. Missouri biography series.Women authors, American20th centuryBiographyWomen pioneersUnited StatesBiographyFrontier and pioneer lifeMissouriMissouriBiographyWomen authors, AmericanWomen pioneersFrontier and pioneer life813/.52BMiller John E.1945-1803823MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968053503321Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder4351549UNINA