would anyone else like to ask caroline fraser a question? >> this is an easy one. do you have a favorite novel by laura ingalls wilder? if so, which one? and why? caroline: i have always really ." ed "the long winter it is her novel about the family's survival of this 1880-1881.winter of and it describes how the ingalls family was basically kind of trapped in their house. for months at a time. dwindled and dwindled. they were down to their last sack of potatoes i think. when this young man named almonzo wilder with another fellow in town made a kind of desperate journey to get the seed wheat from a farmer outside of town. and they risked their lives to go and find the wheat. and this of course all happened and it is beautifully written. it is an extraordinary survival tale. evocative oft very the kind of terror and numbness that overtakes you. you are subjected to these kinds of conditions. and then of course, it all comes right in the end through this act of heroism by the man she eventually marries. so it is a wonderful novel. for there they happy rest of their li

and in for you'd -- people.wed many she asked to that end will be having the conversation with caroline fraser. fraser is the editor of the library of america addition of laura ingalls wilder, the little house books, and the author of three works of nonfiction. her latest book is "prairie fires, the american dreams of laura ingalls wilder. -- wilder." it was one of the new york times best books of the year and won the 2018 hewlett surprise for biography. it also the national book one critics circle award for 2018raphical award and the award. and the final list given by the columbia journalism school. caroline frazier has traveled the country for the past two years, giving talks on laura ingalls wilder, her daughter, and other related topics related to groups, large and small, as schools, public libraries, conferences, and universities. formerly on the step of the new yorker, carolyn frazier's article also appears in the new york review of books, the atlantic, the los angeles times, book review, and the london review books, among other publications. she is also the author of "god's plan child,

eastern, pulitzer prize winner caroline fraser on the life and work of "little house on the prairie" author laura ingalls weiler -- wilder. and nearlyy fell ill died and later became blind, laura was thrust into this role she had never contemplated for himself, which was to become a teacher. presidency,"n "the a look at cartoons from president bush to obama. explorer missions passed on american history tv every weekend and c-span3>>. -- c-span3. >> i think a national primary is one of the worst reforms we could implement. i would -- if we are doing it in a rational way, have a rotating regional primaries so we basically, different elections have different groups of states go together, which would allow focused retail campaigning. >> learn about the presidential nominating process. laura brown discusses how we presidential candidates and what reforms may be in the offing. watch hyundai night on c-span -- sunday night on c-span at 8 p.m. eastern. did nothite house release a weekly address from the present. jon tester of iowa released a democratic address. he talked about the trump

. >> this weekend on american history tv, pulitzer prize winner caroline fraser discusses the life ofaura ingalls wilder , the author of "little house on the prairie" books. >> i often say that i do not think we would have the "little house" books if it were not for rose, because rose had a lot of experience as a writer. she had a polish and professionalism. she knew publishing people. she knew a lot of editors in new new editors at magazines. she was the driving force pushing her mother to take advantage of these memories. she had been hearing about these stories about the pioneering she all of her life, and figured there was money to be made off of that, that there was a real market for that. >> and possibly, i do not know, the fact that the country was becoming more modern made people nostalgic or interested in those older stories, i assume. >> definitely. you can really see that kicking in during the depression. in "farmer boy," about a childhood, for example -- obviously really appealing to a public that does not know where the next meal is coming from. and the stories about wond

eastern, pulitzer prize winner caroline fraser on the life and work of "little house on the prairie" author laura ingalls wilder. >> when mary fell ill and nearly died, laura was really forced into this role that she had never contemplated for herself, which was to become a teacher. and it 8:00 on "the the worky," we look at of a cartoonist with cartoons from presidents bush to obama. explore our nation's past on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. is in charleston, west virginia learning about the city's history and literacy seen. up next, folklorist emily hilliard discussed the ways the

announcer: caroline fraser discusses the life and novels of laura ingalls wilder. she explain's the differences between actual events in the author's life, the little house on the prairie book, and the television adaptation. the jefferson county missouri library hosted this event. >> good evening, everybody. we are thrilled to see you here tonight. this is the third and -- tonight. this is the third and final program in this series.

. >> caroline fraser on the life and work of the little house on the prairie author laura ingalls wilder>> when she fell ill and nearly was and became line, laura really thrust into this role that she had never contemplated for herself, which was to become a teacher. >> at 8:00 on the presidency, we continue our work looking at cap holla bend, looking at cartoons on president bush to obama. explore our nation's past on american history tv every weekend on c-span three. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we will open up our phone lines to hear from you on your top public policy issues this weekend. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. for republicans (202) 748-8001. independence and others (202) 748-8002. we started off talking about the impeachment hearings this week and the democratic debate that happened wednesday in atlanta. also some news this morning from the white house. we have a tweet about vice president pence just in from the pool. he has traveled to iraq for an unannounced visit with u.s. troops in advance of next week's holiday. is actually- this from an interview with fox. we

fraser: yeah, that is a very interesting period, and it remains, i think, an unanswered question why he did not serve. history there. the ingalls, charles and caroline, married in 1860. she had a brother who died. war.e i am just speculating here, but she might have discouraged his participation. but yes, they do kind of drop off the map, briefly, around up inime, and then turn wisconsin. area where a lot of men in wisconsin were kind of drifting off into the lumber camps and so forth in the northern part of the state to potentially avoid the draft, which was quite a contentious subject in wisconsin, although i think the state of wisconsin, they sent more men to fight in the war than almost any other state. so, it is tantalizing and interesting to think about what that might have been like, and why none of the ingalls's boys, except the two youngest who ended up volunteering very late in the war, why none of them served. that is very: interesting. mcbride, he, roger kind of took over the loyalties of some of the -- the royalties of the little house books. wasn't the main field public library supposed to get them later, but they never did? they got a