Pioneer Girl : The Revised Texts with Nancy Tystad Koupal

“Pioneer Girl: The Revised Texts” was written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and annotated by Nancy Tystad Koupal. Wilder completed her autobiography, “Pioneer Girl,” in 1930, when she was 63 years old. She turned over her manuscript to her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, already a well-known reporter and writer, who sent the manuscript to her agent, Carl Brandt of the Brandt & Brandt literary agency in New York City. The manuscript was not published, and Wilder and Lane continued to revise it. The manuscript later became the basis for the “Little House” books for young readers.

Wilder and Lane’s working relationship is explored in this book about the writing and legacy of Wilder. It represents the first stages in the evolution of Wilder’s story from memoir to the ‘Little House’ books.

Tystad Koupal is from Pierre and is the director and editor-in-chief of the Pioneer Girl Project. “Pioneer Girl: The Revised Texts” is sold at the Heritage Stores. www.sdhsf.org

Each month via Zoom conferencing we offer engaging conversations and entertaining discussions on South Dakota history presented by the South Dakota Historical Society Foundation and South Dakota Historical Society Press.
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