Libertarians on the Prairie (Woodside)

Author: Christine Woodside

ISBN: 9781628728651

Binding: paperback

Section: Biography

In this groundbreaking narrative of literary detection, Christine Woodside reveals the full extent of the collaboration between Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, who shared the political values of Ayn Rand and became a mentor to Roger Lea MacBride, the second Libertarian presidential candidate. Drawing on original manuscripts and letters, Woodside shows how Rose reshaped her mother's story into a series of heroic tales that rebutted the policies of the New Deal, and how their secret collaboration would lead in time to their estrangement. A fascinating look at the relationship between two strong-willed, trail-blazing women, Libertarians on the Prairie is also the deconstruction of an American myth.