Little House on the Prairie

Just heard a great segment on This American Life. It was part of their "The Book that Changed Your Life" episode that ran on 10/2.

The "Fourth Act" was all about Little House on the Prairie:

Act Four. Little Sod Houses for You and Me.

Writer Meghan Daum goes to DeSmet, South Dakota, where Laura Ingalls Wilder lived and where many of the books she wrote in the Little House on the Prairie series are set. It turns out to be remarkably similar to what Meghan had pictured before she went: The people seem like they are genuinely trying to hold on to the values Laura Ingalls Wilder writes about in her books. (15 minutes) Two of the Little House books set in DeSmet are By the Shores of Silver Lake, and Little Town on the Prairie.

I just added the books to the list I want to buy for Annie.

I would link to the show but "Act 2" is so disagreeable that I can't bring myself to provide the link.

Their general link is HERE.

If you go searching for the episode, SKIP ACT 2!

You have been warned . . . .