Literary Landmarks

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Have you ever poured syrup in the snow to make candy? Did you ever wish you had a light blue calling card? Have you ever contemplated ”Manly” as a boyfriend nickname? If so, I have a book suggestion for you: The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure.
The Wilder Life follows BUST columnist and Little House fanatic Wendy McClure as she visits the sites from Laura’s life. It is equal parts fandom memoir and travelogue, a project book with the author revisiting Laura’s life through visits to the homesteads and pioneer activities. Reading The Wilder Life inspired me to reread several of the original books, noticing things that I’d skipped over as a child.
While I enjoyed the book, I think those who were children in the 70s might enjoy it a bit more as the author was also a child during the 70s Laura revival. I actually saw the TV show in reruns before I read the books, so my perspective is a bit different.
Wendy McClure has events in the next two weeks in Austin, the Bay Area, Seattle, Portland, and Illinois. She has also written a short ebook of further pioneer life observations.

Hey literary travelers! Check out this book :)

Have you ever poured syrup in the snow to make candy? Did you ever wish you had a light blue calling card? Have you ever contemplated ”Manly” as a boyfriend nickname? If so, I have a book suggestion for you: The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure.

The Wilder Life follows BUST columnist and Little House fanatic Wendy McClure as she visits the sites from Laura’s life. It is equal parts fandom memoir and travelogue, a project book with the author revisiting Laura’s life through visits to the homesteads and pioneer activities. Reading The Wilder Life inspired me to reread several of the original books, noticing things that I’d skipped over as a child.

While I enjoyed the book, I think those who were children in the 70s might enjoy it a bit more as the author was also a child during the 70s Laura revival. I actually saw the TV show in reruns before I read the books, so my perspective is a bit different.

Wendy McClure has events in the next two weeks in Austin, the Bay Area, Seattle, Portland, and Illinois. She has also written a short ebook of further pioneer life observations.

Hey literary travelers! Check out this book :)

Permalink | 77 notes | April 8, 2012 | #little house on the prairie

200!

oh my gosh, there are 200 of you and I haven’t even posted in ages! I promise I will try to start posting more often again soon- I just need to restructure and figure out how I’m going to go about doing it (I imagine it’ll involve some major research), but there will be more fun posts soon for sure! :)

Permalink | 2 notes | March 21, 2012

theatlantic:
And (another!) literary map of the United States. [Literary Gift Company]

theatlantic:

And (another!) literary map of the United States. [Literary Gift Company]

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Permalink | 640 notes | March 9, 2012

UK - London - Bloomsbury: Charles Dickens blue plaque by wallyg on Flickr.

A day late ,but here are some Dickens destinations! First up: a sign outside 48 Doughty St, WC 1 in Bloomsbury, London. Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickeby, and Pickwick Papers were written here!

So many new followers!

Oh my gosh, so many new followers! That is exciting. :D Don’t worry, I haven’t disappeared! I’ve just kind of been busy with other projects, but I’m ready to start posting landmarks again! Thanks to those of you who have stuck with me even when I seemed to have gone AWOL. New posts coming up soon! :)

Permalink | October 24, 2011