Dean Butler
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English
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This documentary that goes beyond the famed "Little House" book series to the behind-the-scenes, true life story of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Despite the fame and the popularity of her novels, Wilder's personal story as a writer, wife and mother is a compelling narrative. Her adventures come to life through interviews with historians, passages from the books, archival photography, paintings from famous frontier artists, dramatic reenactments, an original...
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Almanzo Wilder comes to Walnut Grove with his sister Eliza Jane, the new schoolteacher. The Ingalls decided to adopt Albert. Nels Oleson is reunited with his estranged circus-sideshow sister. Laura and Mary are held captive by escaped convicts. Albert and a friend accidentally set fire to the school for the blind. Almanzo proposes marriage to Laura.
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English
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Look back to yesterday: Charles Ingalls pays a return visit to Walnut Grove. During his stay he learns that his son Albert, a doctor in training, has contracted a fatal blood disease. Also, Walnut Grove is facing a recession.
Bless all the dear children: Laura and Almanzo's baby is kidnapped during the Christmas season. The family finds her with a woman who was longing to have a child of her own. They try to help her find a child at an orphanage.
The...
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English
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In the opening episode, the Ingalls leave Walnut Grove and the Carters move into their house. When Royal becomes terminally ill, Jenny tries to drown herself. Harriet makes Nels run for mayor. A man facing financial ruin shoots his wife and daughter. The Wilders befriend a wild boy who escaped from a traveling sideshow and Mr. Edwards tries to adopt him. Nellie returns to Walnut Grove. After her attempted suicide, Jenny must learn to walk and talk...