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The Ghost in the Little House: A Life of Rose Wilder Lane Volume 1
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The Ghost in the Little House: A Life of Rose Wilder Lane Volume 1 Paperback - 1995

by William Holtz

"Drawing on diaries and letters, Holtz . . . details Lane's life (1886-1968) in an engrossing study that highlights her troubled relationship with an apparently cold and manipulative mother".--Publishers Weekly. Illustrations.


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Laura Ingalls Wilder is one of the most beloved children's authors of all time, but William Holtz contends that she may not have been the sole author of the Little House series that bore her name. While Laura's life did serve as the inspiration for the books, Holtz believes that her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, actually took her mother's memoirs and refurbished them into the novels that would be read by millions. In this captivating biography, Holtz chronicles Rose's life from childhood, to travels abroad that began at age seventeen, and finally back home to Missouri in her mid-thirties where she would fine tune her mother's writing. Holtz does not write to expose Laura as a fraud, but instead The Ghost in the Little House explains that Laura's books were more of a collaborative effort than anyone knew.

First line

Virginia Woolf, who furnishes me the introductory epigraph, offers also my initial justification for a biography of a woman whose name few readers will recognize.

From the rear cover

'Holtz's book makes clear for the first time that (Lane) achieved something important and lasting in her writing with the Little House books. His argument about the collaboration between the two women is entirely convincing, and the next time I see the Little House series on the shelf at the bookstore, I'll imagine Rose Wilder Lane's name next to her mother's on their covers.'--Los Angeles Times Book Review

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  • Title The Ghost in the Little House: A Life of Rose Wilder Lane Volume 1
  • Author William Holtz
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A.
  • Date May 1995
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780826210159 / 0826210155
  • Weight 1.72 lbs (0.78 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.19 x 1.29 in (23.47 x 15.72 x 3.28 cm)
  • Ages 14 to 10 years
  • Grade levels 9 - 5
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Plains
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

William Holtz first brought Rose Wilder Lane to national attention with a critically acclaimed edition of letter, Dorothy Thompson and Rose Wilder Lane: Forty Years of Friendship. He is a Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His work on Lane's biography was aided by a Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Missouri Biography Series, edited by William E. Foley

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