Little House on the Prairie

[smokelessfire]

has anyone read the little house books? they are not much like the corny tv show, and have some amazing wilderness survival tales, and unbelievable strength and endurance by charles ingalls and his wife and 2 little girls. like when they were in the middle of the treeless prairie during a 40 below blizzard with howling winds and no wood for the fireplace. charles and little laura had to make logs for the fire by reaping down tons of grass and twisting and tying lengths of it in a knot, making logs. they didn't last long, so they had to keep making them nonstop all day and night, hands freezing and all. amazing. or when their friend mr. edwards brought xmas to the family by buying them presents and walking miles through another blizzard, and having to swim across a river with the presents held over his head, then walk more miles soaking wet thru the blizzard. he made it. damn hardy people. true stories by the way.

[nell67]

Yea,I had the series of books when I was a kid.

[TrappinGal]

ive read the books. i gave my daughter a set when she turned 10.

[flandersander]

I've read one of them, good book. But are the survival knowledge and techniques useable in real life situations? There are some neat tips and what not and was just wondering as I live on the treeless prarie myself.

[crashdive123]

I’m almost embarrassed to say that I didn’t know that there was a series of books written with that title. Might have to visit the library.

[Ridge Wolf]

I’m almost embarrassed to say that I didn’t know that there was a series of books written with that title. Might have to visit the library.

Therre was also a book written about the Waltons too.. Good night Crash...

[crashdive123]

Say it's not so John Boy.

[nell67]

I've read one of them, good book. But are the survival knowledge and techniques useable in real life situations? There are some neat tips and what not and was just wondering as I live on the treeless prarie myself.

Hey,it worked for them.

[smokelessfire]

the waltons book is good too, because the real john boy is not a sissy, he killed a white deer with just his hunting knife. he may have shot it first, i cant' recall, but he finished it by grabbing it by the head and wrenching it around and down to the ground and knifing it. very brutal. now if only these tv shows didn't wimpify everything...

[Beo]

Utterly frig'n stupid. Little House on the Prairie, more like Little Losers on the Prairie... hated the show cause it was so dumb and corny and my sis had the books, read part of one and thought really stupid, made me wanna slit my own throat but I vomited instead. Straight chick books and tv show... less your gay (I ain't say that's bad either so relax). Now the books Boone and the Frontiesrman those are good books, man books about the true struggle not some mamby pansy nancy boy bullcrap about the perfect family living on the prairie and dealing with dumb crap like horse's sick and wagon wheel's broke... Pa had to walk all the way into town by himself. How frig'n dumb.
Beo,

[nell67]

Beo,relax man,drink some Mountain Dew!

[Beo]

Was kinda harsh huh, but true none the less.

[crashdive123]

Come on Beo - tell us how you really feel. Oh, and in an effort to help you out, check out the calendar.

[smokelessfire]

baaah, i still say there are and were little girls out there who took for granted conditions that'd make a mighty mountain man squirm.

[Beo]

Yeah, and in the old days they all married at 14. Little girls in wilderness with Mountain Men are called hostages

[smokelessfire]

and in these new days they are all pregnant by 12. middle school mamas are better? they do it for a built in welfare check. don't have to worry about getting a job after high school, just keep having those ghetto babies and your set for life. at least 14 tear old prairie mamas could WORK.

[Beo]

That's just sick, but I won't get into the whole welefare is the reward for laziness thing, nope not gonna do it.

[Rick]

That was pretty prejudicial. Tacky. Plum tacky.

[dolfan87]

I am straight as the day is long, and I read the entire series as a kid. I loved it.

I wouldn't read them now as an adult, but as a kid they were entertaining.

[NorthWindTrails]

Hmm ... Don't have to be a sissy to read about living closer to nature than most people ever will. The Little House book series is simply a really good first-hand look into another time and culture here in America. Laura Ingalls-Wilder actually lived the things she wrote about, and I for one think the time it takes to read about her experiences is well worth it for the lessons learned. I'm reading the first book to my daughters (ages 8 and 16) each evening for a chapter or two before they go to bed. They like it, and I hope they learn something about having fun and being creative the old fashioned way. Reading these stories is MUCH better than frying their brain cells on video games and the boob-tube. I also believe that seeing the hardships these prairie settlers went through is a great way to be reminded of the ways we should be planning to survive. Anyone with sense enough to see their value is simply a good student. Not everyone will agree, but everyone could benefit. Enjoy! NorthWind