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How many readers of this column have read the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder or watched the television series that was based on the books either when the episodes first premiered or through reruns? If you have, then you may not realize that you have read a book series or watched a television series that has a strong connection to the American Libertarian movement.

How can a beloved book and television series be connected to Libertarianism? That answer is very simple. It all has to do with one particular relative of Laura Ingalls Wilder: her own daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. Like her mother, Lane was a writer, but she was also a journalist and a political theorist. She was even said to have helped her mother edit the Little House books after the rough original manuscript of Pioneer Girl, the original autobiography about her mothers life, was rejected numerous times.

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Nolan Schmidt is an independent filmmaker, and serves as Vice Chair for the Guadalupe County Libertarian Party.

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