Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Written by	Stephen Harrigan
Directed by	Marcus Cole
Starring	Richard Thomas Lindsay Crouse Meredith Monroe Barbara Jane Reams Haley McCormick Walton Goggins Skye McCole Bartusiak Tess Harper
Theme music composer	Ernest Troost
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Robert M. Rolsky Stephen Harrigan (part 2)
Running time	200 minutes (approx.)
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	January 2, 2000 March 17, 2002

Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder and its sequel, Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, are television films which were presented in two parts, the first in 2000, and the second in 2002, which presented episodes from the later books in the Little House on the Prairie series (from The Long Winter to The First Four Years).

Cast

Richard Thomas as Charles Ingalls
Lindsay Crouse as Caroline Ingalls
Meredith Monroe as Laura Ingalls
Barbara Jane Reams as Mary Ingalls
Haley McCormick as Carrie Ingalls
Walton Goggins as Almanzo Wilder
Skye McCole Bartusiak as Rose Wilder
Tess Harper as Older Laura Ingalls Wilder/Narrator
Cody Linley as Charlie Magnuson

Awards

2000 Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Ernest Troost)

Reception

Despite the title, the miniseries was criticized for its significant deviations not only from Laura Ingalls Wilder's books, but the known facts of her life. Some incidents portrayed did occur, but not at the time during which the series is set, while others are entirely fictional. The appearance of characters differs from their descriptions in the books. There are also anachronisms in hairstyles, costuming, and the behavior of the characters.

External links

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little House
on the Prairie

Books	Little House in the Big Woods (1932) Farmer Boy (1933) Little House on the Prairie (1935) On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937) By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939) The Long Winter (1940) Little Town on the Prairie (1941) These Happy Golden Years (1943) On the Way Home (1962, posthumous) The First Four Years (1971) West from Home (1974) Old Town in the Green Groves (2002) A Little House Traveler (2006)

Characters	Mr. Edwards Nellie Oleson Robert Alden

Other	Live-action TV series pilot episodes Animated TV series TV films TV miniseries Musical Little House Wayside Locations Winoka

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