Laura Ingalls Wilder is one of the great American storytellers. Millions of people in the United States and beyond have read her “Little House” books. Beloved by many, her writing has stood the test of time. But her own words about her own life—her autobiography—have been hidden in repositories and archives, accessible only to those who know . . . until now.
This website is dedicated to the process of publishing Pioneer Girl, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s unpublished autobiography. The Little House Heritage Trust, the guardians of Wilder’s writing and legacy, have granted exclusive rights to publish this fascinating and important book to the South Dakota State Historical Society Press. Because of the genuine importance of this book, we have created The Pioneer Girl Project so that we can document the process as we move towards the book’s publication.
On this website you will find interviews, blogs, videos, pictures, photographs, discussions, documents, excerpts, and much more. The purpose is to document the project and keep you informed as we work towards the goal of an annotated autobiography of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
We encourage you to join in the discussion and share this site and its information as widely as possible.
Click on the link below to read Pamela Smith Hill’s original proposal for publishing Pioneer Girl.
I’m going to have to re-read the Little House series over again. It has been many years since I have read them. I’m looking forward to the autobiography being published and will check back to this site to keep up with progress.
I’m guessing that may be the case for a number of people, Karen. You’ve got a little while until Pioneer Girl comes out, so enjoy the reading!
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Wow! Oh Wow! I won’t go into the details about how I found this site, but I am thrilled to have done so! I have read the Little House series books until they have literally fallen apart (I have gone through 2 sets now and will have to get a third!) I have also read just about every other book that has been published, William Anderson’s writings, her cookbook, scrapbook, her writings to young women, her devotionals…. I know there are so many more and I can hardly wait for this spring’s release. Much success and thanks to everyone involved!
Thanks so much for publishing this book I cant wait till spring
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! FINALLY someone with the insight to try and publish this manuscript!! I think the market for it has been around for quite some time, but nobody with any clout had yet made the connection. I’ve considered buying it several times over probably the past decade or more, but $100+ was not something I could justify at the time, despite owning every other LIW publication in existence! Can’t wait for this to come out!!