caroline: both. jane: laura ingalls wilder's papers are in the herbert hoover library? caroline: yes. wasreason that came about because when rose began her writing career, and she really began as a yellow journalist, she was writing kind of questionable biographies of people. and she wrote one of herbert hoover. so she was actually the first person to write a biography of hoover before he became president. jane: and that was for adults. not for kids. anyway, after her death, her papers ended up at the herb -- hoover presidential library as well as some of her mother's. jane: isn't that interesting? what were some of the revelations that you found? obviously, this book is one, the pulitzer prize -- people must have thought this was somewhat groundbreaking, the way you pulled it all together, all of this information and how it related to his great is why i assume it must have won? caroline: i think it was a combination of establishing the importance of wilder and her work. to both the literary history but also our self-image. as the we see ourselves descendents of people who crossed the

caroline ingalls lived on for some time in dismat. she and mary lived together and caroline ingalls died in 1924, i think and mary in 1928. >> that's before laura made it big, right, before laura published her first book? >> right, because laura doesn't really start writing the books until the '30s. she writes first an autobiography that was not published during her life around 1930. >> "pioneer girl" is that it? >> yes. it's recently been published by the south dakota historical society. >> right. and it's well annotated, as i remember. >> yes. it's beautifully produced and annotated. >> they put a lot of historical information in that too, i think. >> yes. >> but her other sisters, carrie and grace, they didn't end up as well as the wilder family, right? they still had some struggles to the end or -- >> yeah. you know, they were quite poor. carrie was a kind of enterprising young journalist for a while. she worked for some newspapers and ended up marrying a miner in the keystone area. and grace got married to a fellow not far away f

. -- ingalls lived on for some time. caroline angles -- ingalls died and was buried in 28. >> laura doesn't start writing the 30's.ntil she first writes an autobiography that was not 1930.hed around publishedently been by the south dakota historical. put a lot of historical information in that. sisters carry and grace, they don't end up as well as the wilder family. >> were quite poor, carrie was an enterprising young journalist for a while. minor -- up marrying a a miner in the keystone area. they were very poor. problems alllth her life. , did lauren -- laura ever give them money? i don't think she ever really helped support them, i think in have given, she may clothes. i don't think she financially wanted to support them. >> where they happy most of their life? >> they had a terrible time when just after they got married they were heavily in debt. they felt ill -- fell ill with diphtheria. . whilefered a stroke recovering from the diphtheria. man.s a young vital he had difficulty walking for the rest of his life. hard it was a

caroline: she was not able to be with him until the very end. died -- i think he was 63 or something like that. ingalls lived on for some time in desmet. she and mary lived together. mary died in 1928. jane: 1928. that's before lara made a big, right? before laura published her first book? caroline: laura doesn't start writing the books until the 30's. she writes the first -- an autobiography -- and it was not published during her life in 1930. the pioneer girl? it is well annotated if i remember. they put a lot of historical i think.on in that too her other sisters, carrie and grace -- they did not end up as well as the wilder family, right? they still had some struggles until the end? caroline: they were quite poor. carrie was an enterprising young journalist for a while. she worked for some newspapers. she ended up marrying a minor -- a miner in the keystone area. fellowot married to a not far away from desmet in a little town called manchester. they were very poor. grace had some health problems all her life. jane: did laura ever give them money, do you think? caroline: it is unclear. set -- sure s

caroline frazier about life and work of the "little house on the prairie" author laura i think ingals wilder. >> when mary almost died, laura was forced into this role she had never condemn plated for herself which was to become a teacher. >> at 8:00 on the presidency, we continue our look at the work of pulitzer prize winning cartoonist with cartoons from presidents bush to obama, and who acquired his collection. every weekend on c-span 3. the house of representatives is seeking grand jury materials from the mueller investigation to determine whether president trump lied in written responses to questions from the special counsel. a three-judge panel at the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit heard oral argument on how the documents are relevant to the ongoing impeachment inquiry. this is just under an hour and a half. >> [inaudible] u.s. house of representatives authorizes release of certain grand jury materials, united states house of representatives versus united states department of justice. u.s. department of justice, a lette letter-- >> good morning, your honor, may it pl

. >> this weekend on american history tv, pulitzer prize winner caroline fraser discusses the life of laura ingallsilder , 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 wonderful farms an

. >> pulitzer prize winner for biography, caroline frazier on the life and work on the little house on the prairie author laura ingalls wilder. >> when mary fell ill and nooeay died and became blind, laura was forced into this role that she had never contemplated for herself which was to become a teacher. >> and at 8:00 on the presidency, we continue our look at the work of pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist pat oliphant with cartoons from presidents bush to obama, and explore our nation's past on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> next, public health officials talk about flu vaccine and develop a universal there you vaccine. we will hear from the head of the national institute of allergy and diseases dr. anthony fauci at the house science committee hearing.

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

. >> caroline frazier on the life and work of laura ingalls wilder. nearly mary fell ill and died and became blind, laura was really forced into this role that she had never contemplated for herself, which was to become a teacher. >> and at 8:00 on the presidency we look at the work of pat olyphant with cartoons of president bush to obama, from the university of virginia which just acquired its cartoon -- his cartoon collection. explore our past every weekend on c-span3. nears the headline, front page of the washington post. the story is also available at washington post.com. rank-and-file democrats puzzled about the next step

. >> pulitzer prize winner for biography, caroline frasier, on the life and work of laura ingals wilder. >> when mary nearly died and became blind, laura was then, you know, really kind of forced into this role that she had never contemplated for herself, which was to become a teacher. >> at 8:00 on the presidency, we look at pulitzer prize winner cartoonist pat olyphant, with cartoons of bush to obama. university of virginia just acquired his collection. explore the nation's past on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> this day long conference on immigration and migration issues at the u.s. southern border continues now with a look at why so many mie gragrants from cent america a

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.

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

. >> pulitzer prize winner for biography, caroline frazier on the life and work of the little house on the prairie author laura ingalls wilder. >> when mary fell ill and nearly died and then became blind, laura was then, you know, really kind of forced into this role that she had never contemplated for herself, which was to become a teacher. >> and at 8:00, on the presidency, we continue our look at the work of pulitzer prize winning cartoonist pat oliphant with cartoons of presidents bush to obama, to the university of virginia which has just acquired his cartoon collection. explore our nation's past on american history tv, every weekend on c-span 3. >>> throughout the weekend, you will find campaign 2020 coverage on c-span. saturday and sunday, live coverage of democratic presidential candidates beginning with massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, at a town hall in manchester, new hampshire, that begins saturday afternoon at 3:45 eastern. on sunday, vermont senator bernie sanders holds a rally in downtown portsmouth, new hampshire, actress susan vand done will also speak. >> and coming up tuesday, president trump

. >> pulitzer prize winner caroline frazier on the life and work of the little house on the prairie author, laura ingalls wilder. >> when mary became ill and nearly blind, laura was really kind of forced 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 look at the work of pulitzer prize winning cartoonist, with cartoons from president bush to obama, from university of virginia who acquired the cartoon collection. explore our nation's past on american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >> book tv has live weekend coverage of the miami book fair. starting saturday and sunday, featuring author discussions and interactive viewer call-in segments. on saturday at 11 a.m. eastern, republican senator tom cotton talks about arlington national cemetery. former obama administration national security advisor and u.n. ambassador susan rice discusses her life and career. megan phelps roper on the west baptist church and chair of constitutional studies at university of notre dame on liberalism and wired magazine's andy greenberg

. >> 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