Wilder on the Prairie

Epiosde 197 Ch. 27 of the Little Town on the Prairie, "Schooltime Begins Again" Join us this week as we discuss cats hunting, Mr. V.S.L. Owens, the Western Reserve, revival meetings, "The Ninety and the Nine", "Sewing...

Episode 196 Ch. 22 of Little Town on the Prairie, "Unexpected in April". Join us this week as we discuss the definition of a blizzard, static electricity in cats, and where Ma taught.

Episode 195 Little Town on the Prairie ch. 21 "The Madcap Days". Join us this week as we discuss "Lost between sunrise and sunset...", minstrelsy on the prairie, "Skidmore Guard", the history of blackface, and a...

Episode 194 Ch. 20 of Little Town on the Prairie, "The Birthday Party". Join us this week as we discuss 1882 in its historical context, the poem "Maud", a Grecian nose, Jim Woodworth, Quaker meetings, castors, double...

Episode 193 Little Town on the Prairie ch. 19 "Whirl of Gaiety" Join us this week as we discuss Commentators on the Acts, to be on one's mettle, "Rock Me to Sleep, Mother," "The Good Old Way," a New England Supper...

Episode 192 Ch. 18 of Little Town on the Prairie "Literaries" Join us this week as we discuss hoarfrost, what a literary society is, Pa's opinion on organzing groups, the history of spelling bees, who is Mr. Barclay...

Episode 191 Little Town on the Prairie ch. 17 "The Sociable" Join us this week as we discuss how much a dime is worth, what a sociable is, Mrs. Addie Tinkham, princess style dresses, the history of bangs/fringes, pinked...

Episode 190 Little House on the Prairie ch. 16 "Name Cards" Join us this week as we discuss Mr. Clewett, Frank Gilbert, the autographs in Laura's book, the history of name cards, Jake Hopp, how much twenty-five cents...

Episode 189 Little Town on the Prairie ch. 15 "The School Board's Visit" Join us this week as we discuss Matthew 23: 25-26, taking care of lice in the 19th century, Lazy, Lousy, Lizy Jane, Willie Oleson, what a "nubia"...

<p>Episode 188</p> <p>Ch. 14 of Little Town on the Prairie, "Sent Home from School"</p> <p>Join us this week as we discuss "spindly", who are Clarence and Alfred?, coal hods, the exports of Brazil, "peaked", and the...

<p>Episode 187</p> <p>Ch. 13 Little Town on the Prairie "School Days"</p> <p>Join us this week as we discuss the game anteover, Charley Power, buggies, the etiquette of bowing when a man raises a hat, "set a cap" for...

<p>Episode 186</p> <p>Ch. 12 of Little Town on the Prairie "Snug for the Winter"</p> <p>Join us as we discuss groundcherries, husk tomatoes, Alfred Lord Tennyson, "The Lotos Eaters", and Carrie's health. </p>

<p>Episode 185</p> <p>Ch. 11 of Little House on the Prairie, "Miss Wilder Teaches School".</p> <p>Join us this week as we discuss Eliza Jane Wilder, Ida Wright Brown, Rev. Edward Brown, Genevieve Masters, what a...

<p>Episode 184</p> <p>Little Town on the Prairie ch. 10 "Mary Goes to College"</p> <p>Join us this week as we discuss fall housecleaning, we revisit straw ticks, Brookins vs. Brookings, sprinkling curtains, the Iowa...

<p>Episode 183</p> <p>Little Town on the Prairie ch. 9 "Blackbirds"</p> <p>Join us this week as we dicuss how much Pa earned in the spring, Spanish needle grass, "to scrabble", cashmere, hoop skirts in the 1870s/1880s...