Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page presents an unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the best-selling “Little House” series. The documentary delves into the legacy of the iconic pioneer as well as the way she transformed her early life into enduring legend, a process that involved a little-known collaboration with her daughter Rose.

Directed by Mary McDonagh Murphy

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Victor Garber

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Tess Harper

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Amy Brenneman

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Alison Arngrim

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Dean Butler

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Melissa Gilbert

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