BONUS: Caroline Fraser’s Prairie Fires

Wilder

Influential Media

Documentary, Books, Arts, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In all of our research for this show, one of the scholars who has most influenced our thinking on Laura and her work is Caroline Fraser, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning biography, Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura obsessives know that Prairie Fires is the motherload when it comes to understanding Laura’s life. It provides a detailed historical account of her childhood and takes a holistic look at the fraught personal and working relationship that Laura had with her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. As we put together our final episode, we’ve been revisiting Caroline’s book and the amazing interview we did with her. Today, we wanted to share the extended interview with you, as a deeper dive into Laura’s life, and to help set the scene before Glynnis comes to some big conclusions in our series finale. Go deeper: Caroline Fraser’s Prairie Fires Follow us for behind the scenes content! @WilderPodcast on TikTok@Wilder_Podcast on Instagram We want to hear from you! If listening to Wilder has changed your thinking on Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House books, send a voice memo to wilderpodcast@gmail.com. You might be featured in our final episode ;) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:06.7	Hello, Wilder listeners.
0:08.5	It's producer Emily again with one more very special episode.
0:12.6	Thank you for your patience as we're working on our final episode.
0:15.8	And it's going to be well worth the wait, I promise.
0:18.2	It's the episode where Glenys will come to some big conclusions on how to think and feel about Laura Ingalls Wilder. Over the past year, as we've
0:26.9	researched and reported the show, one of the people who's really shaped our thinking on Laura and her
0:31.1	work is Caroline Fraser, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Laura, Prairie Fires.
0:36.7	You've heard us mention Prairie Fires a lot in the show,
0:39.0	and you've even heard Caroline in previous episodes. But as we're coming to some big conclusions
0:43.3	on all things Laura, we thought it was worth airing her full interview. Before we get started,
0:49.0	I actually have a request for you. We're still accepting listener voice memos for our final
0:53.4	episode. So if listening to Wilder
0:55.7	has changed your thinking on Laura and the Little House books, or just made you feel some big
1:00.6	feelings about topics like children's literature, Native American representation, how we portray
1:05.6	American history, we want to hear your thoughts. Just record a voice memo through the app that's
1:10.3	preloaded
1:10.8	onto whatever phone you have and email it to Wilder Podcast at gmail.com. If you do, we might just
1:17.5	respond to it in our final episode. We can't wait to hear your voices. Now on with the show.
1:35.1	Caroline, thank you. We're all such huge fans of your book, and everyone we've interviewed for this podcast is just blown away by it. So I think my first question is, before we just get to the
1:41.2	direct writing in the book, I'm just curious, I know, because I've been
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