carolyn fraser has traveled the country for the past two years giving talks on laura ingalls wilder, her daughter rose wilder lane and other topics to groups large and small at schools, public libraries, conferences and universities. formally on the staff of "the new yorker," carolyn fraser's articles have appeared in "the new york review of books," "the atlantic," "the los angeles times book review" and "the london review of books" among other publications. she is also the author of "god's perfect child, living and dying in the christian science church" and "re-wilding the world: dispatches from the conservation revolution." she was born in seattle, washington. in 1979, she graduated from mercer island high school. in 1987 she received her phd in english and american literature from harvard university. she lives with her husband in santa fe, new mexico. we would like you all to give her a very warm welcome tonight. [ applause ] >> i guess we're on. are you ready for us to go ahead? are you going to talk? >> thank you very much for having me and asking me to talk to carolyn fraser. it

. >>> caroline fraser discusses the life and novels of laura ingalls wilder. she explains the differences between actual events in the author's life, "the little house on the prairie" books, 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 final program in this series. we've kept ms. fraser very busy for the last two days and we've had wonderful crowds turn out each time. we sold out of the books. it's been really very satisfying and to have c-span here taping this to show on television is just icing on the cake. it's a wonderful thing to know that something so positive