The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

Verily, in article <1542598501.805502005.711662.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

I predict a "closeted LGBT" storyline tacked on, with the Ingalls family >>> being unrealistically sympathetic.

I settled for reading a ridiculously detailed Wikipedia about the books and >> their history and the politics behind them. The whole things pretty much a >> work of fiction skewed with a libertarian bias.

It's not fiction. It was written by Rose Wilder Lane, based on her
mother's diaries and interviews with her mother. It's a biographical
series about Laura Ingalls Wilder's real childhood and youth.

Wiki disagrees. Apparently that?s partly true and there are different
stories about different books. There are lots of books. One of the books
made Laura older because they didn?t believe the detailed memories claimed
of such a young girl.

I didn't see much of the first TV show. I gather it didn't try hard to
be faithful. The storyline where Mary goes blind was converted into
"Mary needs glasses."

Well, the TV character eventually went blind, and went to the school for
the blind

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Verily, in article <107870169.805602498.097291.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

It's not fiction. It was written by Rose Wilder Lane, based on her mother's diaries and interviews with her mother. It's a biographical series about Laura Ingalls Wilder's real childhood and youth.

Wiki disagrees. Apparently that?s partly true and there are different
stories about different books. There are lots of books. One of the books
made Laura older because they didn?t believe the detailed memories claimed
of such a young girl.

Yes, it's a whole series. It follows Laura Ingalls Wilder's life. The
books didn't make her older; she just grew up. It's not surprising that someone in late middle age had conflicting and vague memories about
parts of her childhood. That's normal.

People argue, but there are people arguing about the authorship of Shakespeare's plays, too. That doesn't mean the authorship is unknown.

I didn't see much of the first TV show. I gather it didn't try hard to
be faithful. The storyline where Mary goes blind was converted into
"Mary needs glasses."

Well, the TV character eventually went blind, and went to the school for
the blind

Hmm, okay. I wonder if audiences objected.

It definitely diverged from the books, though. The ads featured
characters who were never in the books, indicating that they were
important. I also noticed that Nellie Olsen was converted into a
recurring villain -- in the books, she had her obnoxious moments but
wasn't horrible constantly.


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On Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:46:02 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

Verily, in article <1542598501.805502005.711662.anim8rfsk-
cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this
message:

The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

I predict a "closeted LGBT" storyline tacked on, with the Ingalls family >>>> being unrealistically sympathetic.

I settled for reading a ridiculously detailed Wikipedia about the books and >>> their history and the politics behind them. The whole things pretty much a >>> work of fiction skewed with a libertarian bias.

It's not fiction. It was written by Rose Wilder Lane, based on her
mother's diaries and interviews with her mother. It's a biographical
series about Laura Ingalls Wilder's real childhood and youth.

Wiki disagrees. Apparently that?s partly true and there are different
stories about different books. There are lots of books. One of the books
made Laura older because they didn?t believe the detailed memories claimed
of such a young girl.

Cause Wiki is an "authority of fact"? Aren't they the ones who
banned its founder for trying to reign them in?

I didn't see much of the first TV show. I gather it didn't try hard to
be faithful. The storyline where Mary goes blind was converted into
"Mary needs glasses."

Well, the TV character eventually went blind, and went to the school for
the blind

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