
Tanya Hart, a professor of history, puts the relationship of women to the law and the community in context with the time in which Laura Ingalls Wilder lived. Pamela Smith Hill, author of Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer’s Life, pays special attention to her development as a writer and her relationship with her daughter and editor, Rose Wilder Lane.

Miller, historian and author of Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder, adds details about Wilder's life. Historians and academics provide commentary with interviews throughout the documentary. Archival photographs from multiple sources provide a first-hand look at the people and places in Laura Ingalls Wilder's life. Illustrations by artist Cheryl Harness animate specific scenes and characters from the Little House on the Prairie books. To give a sense of the time, place, and scope of the prairie, extensive use is made of the frontier paintings by artist Harvey Dunn, who was born ten miles from De Smet, South Dakota, five years after Charles Ingalls moved his family there. Production ĭean Butler both narrates and directs Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder. The DVD also examines topics relating to life and culture on the prairie. Wilder's personal story as a writer, wife, and mother is explored through interviews with scholars and historians, passages from the Little House on the Prairie books, archival photography, paintings by frontier artists such as Harvey Dunn, dramatic reenactments, and original artwork.


Butler, who portrayed Almanzo Wilder in the Little House on the Prairie television series from 1979 to 1983, directed and narrated the documentary, which was released on DVD in February 2015. Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder was produced by Dean Butler and Robin Bernheim-Burger, and executive produced by Trip Friendly. Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a documentary film about the life of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder, best known for her Little House on the Prairie book series.
