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** Pa is seemingly perfect in the books, always knowing the right thing to say or do, able to win over the entire town to his point of view several times, wins the spelling bee, just has a gut feeling about the upcoming hard winter, and so forth. However some who re-read the books as adults notice other things about him which paints him in a different light, making him seem like an irresponsible man who constantly fails at different jobs and endeavours, is unable to provide for his family, constantly dragging them from place to place (in real life Charles Ingalls once picked up and left in the middle of the night to avoid having to pay his bills). He and Ma put a lot of financial responsibility on Laura even in her early teenage years, relying on her working as a seamstress or a teacher (neither one a job she enjoyed) to make ends meet. Then there's ''the Long Winter'' when the family is starving yet Pa holds off on slaughtering the heifer for weeks on end, and ends up going to Almanzo and pouring some of his wheat into a bucket over Almanzo's protests rather than slaughtering the heifer. While it is mentioned that slaughtering the animal will set them back for next year, none of that will matter anyway if they starve to death during the winter, and at least one of his daughters seems to have had problems for years afterward due to the malnutrition she suffered. Some readers argue that he held off for far too long, letting his children be malnourished for weeks even though he had a fresh source of meat at his disposal. He also eats a large meal of pancakes and pork at the Wilder boys' home on more than one occasion, then goes back to his family and takes the largest portion of their meagre dinner, rather than letting his starving children eat a bigger meal that day. In all likelihood the real Charles Ingalls was somewhere in-between the near-perfect man Laura seemed to view him as, and the reckless, selfish, and incompetent man some modern day readers view him as.
** It can be argued that Pa moving his family from Wisconsin to the Midwest would have been a normal thing at that time because of The Homestead Act promoted by the government and many families, even the more established and well-off Wilder family, took this opportunity.
*** Let's face it, the Big Woods in Wisconsin isn't an idyllic place to raise children either because of the bears and panthers abound. It's also worth noting that Charles Ingalls isn't the only one to move as the rest of the Ingalls also packed up from Wisconsin (possibly after Grandpa and Grandma Ingalls died) and moved West.
** Although, some details in the manuscripts didn't make it to the final print of "The Long Winter" such as the Wilder brothers leaving spare hay to the Ingalls family and sometimes inviting them over for pancakes and bacon. So it could possibly be that Pa might have a reason to hold off butchering their cow and heifer as they get help from the Wilders.
** Regarding Laura helping her parents, it is probably due to the societal norm at that time that once a child becomes old enough to work, they are expected to help their parents make ends meet (which is why in "Farmer Boy", Father Wilder mentioned to Mother that they can legally keep Royal to work in their farm until he's 21 when Royal can be deemed as an independent adult and can legally file for a homestead of his own).
** It can be argued that Pa moving his family from Wisconsin to the Midwest would have been a normal thing at that time because of The Homestead Act promoted by the government and many families, even the more established and well-off Wilder family, took this opportunity.
*** Let's face it, the Big Woods in Wisconsin isn't an idyllic place to raise children either because of the bears and panthers abound. It's also worth noting that Charles Ingalls isn't the only one to move as the rest of the Ingalls also packed up from Wisconsin (possibly after Grandpa and Grandma Ingalls died) and moved West.
** Although, some details in the manuscripts didn't make it to the final print of "The Long Winter" such as the Wilder brothers leaving spare hay to the Ingalls family and sometimes inviting them over for pancakes and bacon. So it could possibly be that Pa might have a reason to hold off butchering their cow and heifer as they get help from the Wilders.
** Regarding Laura helping her parents, it is probably due to the societal norm at that time that once a child becomes old enough to work, they are expected to help their parents make ends meet (which is why in "Farmer Boy", Father Wilder mentioned to Mother that they can legally keep Royal to work in their farm until he's 21 when Royal can be deemed as an independent adult and can legally file for a homestead of his own).
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** Pa is seemingly perfect in the books, always knowing the right thing to say or do, able to win over the entire town to his point of view several times, wins the spelling bee, just has a gut feeling about the upcoming hard winter, and so forth. However some who re-read the books as adults notice other things about him which paints him in a different light, making him seem like an irresponsible man who constantly fails at different jobs and endeavours, is unable to provide for his family, constantly dragging them from place to place (in real life Charles Ingalls once picked up and left in the middle of the night to avoid having to pay his bills). He and Ma put a lot of financial responsibility on Laura even in her early teenage years, relying on her working as a seamstress or a teacher (neither one a job she enjoyed) to make ends meet.years. Then there's ''the Long Winter'' when the family is starving yet Pa holds off on slaughtering the heifer for weeks on end, and ends up going to Almanzo and pouring some of his wheat into a bucket over Almanzo's protests rather than slaughtering the heifer. While it is mentioned that slaughtering the animal will set them back for next year, none of that will matter anyway if they starve to death during the winter, and at least one of his daughters seems to have had problems for years afterward due to the malnutrition she suffered. Some readers argue that he held off for far too long, letting his children be malnourished for weeks even though he had a fresh source of meat at his disposal. He also eats a large meal of pancakes and pork at the Wilder boys' home on more than one occasion, then goes back to his family and takes the largest portion of their meagre dinner, rather than letting his starving children eat a bigger meal that day. In all likelihood the real Charles Ingalls was somewhere in-between the near-perfect man Laura seemed to view him as, and the reckless, selfish, and incompetent man some modern day readers view him as.
** Although, some details in the manuscripts didn't make it to the final print of "The Long Winter" such as the Wilder brothers leaving spare hay to the Ingalls family and sometimes inviting them over for pancakes and bacon. So Pa did apparently have a better reason to hold off the butchering.
** It can be argued that Pa moving his family from Wisconsin to the Midwest would have been a normal thing at that time because of The Homestead Act promoted by the government and many families, even the more established and well-off Wilder family, took this opportunity. \n*** Let's And let's face it, the Big Woods in Wisconsin isn't wasn't an idyllic place to raise children either because of either, thanks to being, y'know, the bears and panthers abound. It's also worth noting that woods. Charles Ingalls isn't wasn't the only one to move move, as the rest of the Ingalls also packed up from Wisconsin (possibly after Grandpa and Grandma Ingalls died) and moved West.
** Although, some details in the manuscripts didn't make it to the final print of "The Long Winter" such as the Wilder brothers leaving spare hay to the Ingalls family and sometimes inviting them over for pancakes and bacon. So it could possibly be that Pa might have a reason to hold off butchering their cow and heifer as they get help from the Wilders.
** Regarding Laura helping her parents, it is probably due to the societal norm at that time that once a child becomes old enough to work, they are expected to help their parents make ends meet (which is why in "Farmer Boy", Father Wilder mentioned to Mother that they can legally keep Royal to work in their farm until he's 21 when Royal can be deemed as an independent adult and can legally file for a homestead of his own). Laura herself also seems to have felt a strong personal responsibility in this regard; her parents make it clear several times that it's not something they're demanding of her.
** Although, some details in the manuscripts didn't make it to the final print of "The Long Winter" such as the Wilder brothers leaving spare hay to the Ingalls family and sometimes inviting them over for pancakes and bacon. So Pa did apparently have a better reason to hold off the butchering.
** It can be argued that Pa moving his family from Wisconsin to the Midwest would have been a normal thing at that time because of The Homestead Act promoted by the government and many families, even the more established and well-off Wilder family, took this opportunity.
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** Alison Arngrim herself lampshaded this in her memoir, telling a story about the producers trying to pay off the kid extras with bubblegum. In context, it's some greedy producers trying to screw the actors out of well-earned pay (which is already bad enough). She acknowledged though that this would ''absolutely'' been seen as a grooming tactic nowadays. Thankfully, she said Michael Landon firmly put a stop to it, bellowing, "How about you actually ''pay these kids'' so they can buy them own damn bubblegum?!"
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** Alison Arngrim herself lampshaded this in her memoir, telling a story about the producers trying to pay off the kid extras with bubblegum. In context, it's some greedy producers trying to screw the actors out of well-earned pay (which is already bad enough). She acknowledged though that this would ''absolutely'' been seen as a grooming tactic nowadays. Thankfully, she said Michael Landon firmly put a stop to it, bellowing, "How about you actually ''pay these kids'' so they can buy them their own damn bubblegum?!"
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** On a lighter note, the parenting styles on display in both the Ingalls and Wilder families, with their extreme emphasis on self-discipline and frequent reference to whippings, are liable to strike modern readers as serious overkill. Laura is reminded constantly that adults -- 'ladies' especially -- do ''not'' allow their emotions to show in public (and in one book, they shame ''Grace'' for crying and call her a "big girl" despite her being only four). And when little Almanzo gets too close to a hole during ice-cutting and nearly drowns, he is told ''immediately post-rescue'' that he deserves severe punishment for his carelessness, though the punishment does not follow. Pa also whips a 5-year-old Laura as punishment (and punishes only Laura and not Mary despite both girls fighting, not to mention he [[ParentalHypocrisy whipped her as punishment for hitting]]).
*** See particularly both Ma and Pa's response to Laura's kerfuffle with Eliza Jane Wilder during Miss Wilder's stint as Laura's schoolteacher in ''Little Town on the Prairie''. Miss Wilder's treatment of Laura, and especially her harrassment of Laura's little sister Carrie, is unprofessional, patently unfair, and in Carrie's case borderline abusive; nevertheless, both parents chastise Laura for acting out in protest, and Ma tells Laura point-blank that she should never criticize her teacher. (Though for what it's worth, they hear out her side of the story and admit it wasn't her fault. Pa's only advice is to be careful with what she says to other people, because gossip can spread like wildfire.)
*** See particularly both Ma and Pa's response to Laura's kerfuffle with Eliza Jane Wilder during Miss Wilder's stint as Laura's schoolteacher in ''Little Town on the Prairie''. Miss Wilder's treatment of Laura, and especially her harrassment of Laura's little sister Carrie, is unprofessional, patently unfair, and in Carrie's case borderline abusive; nevertheless, both parents chastise Laura for acting out in protest, and Ma tells Laura point-blank that she should never criticize her teacher. (Though for what it's worth, they hear out her side of the story and admit it wasn't her fault. Pa's only advice is to be careful with what she says to other people, because gossip can spread like wildfire.)
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** On a lighter note, the parenting styles on display in both the Ingalls and Wilder families, with their extreme emphasis on self-discipline and frequent reference to whippings, are liable to strike modern readers as serious overkill. Laura is reminded constantly that adults -- 'ladies' especially -- do ''not'' allow their emotions to show in public (and in one book, they shame ''Grace'' for crying and call her a "big girl" despite her being only four). And when little Almanzo gets too close to a hole during ice-cutting and nearly drowns, he is told ''immediately post-rescue'' that he deserves severe punishment for his carelessness, though the punishment does not follow. Pa
***Pa also whips a 5-year-old Laura as punishment(and - and punishes only Laura and not Mary despite both girls fighting, not to mention he [[ParentalHypocrisy whipped her as punishment for hitting]]).hitting]].
*** See particularly both Ma and Pa's response to Laura's kerfuffle with Eliza Jane Wilder during Miss Wilder's stint as Laura's schoolteacher in ''Little Town on the Prairie''. Miss Wilder's treatment of Laura, and especially her harrassment of Laura's little sister Carrie, is unprofessional, patently unfair, and in Carrie's case borderline abusive; nevertheless, both parents chastise Laura for acting out in protest, and Ma tells Laura point-blank that she should never criticize her teacher.(Though Though for what it's worth, they hear out her side of the story and admit it wasn't her fault. Pa's only advice is to be careful with what she says to other people, because gossip can spread like wildfire.)
***Pa also whips a 5-year-old Laura as punishment
*** See particularly both Ma and Pa's response to Laura's kerfuffle with Eliza Jane Wilder during Miss Wilder's stint as Laura's schoolteacher in ''Little Town on the Prairie''. Miss Wilder's treatment of Laura, and especially her harrassment of Laura's little sister Carrie, is unprofessional, patently unfair, and in Carrie's case borderline abusive; nevertheless, both parents chastise Laura for acting out in protest, and Ma tells Laura point-blank that she should never criticize her teacher.
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** See also the Wilder parents' horror when Royal decides he's sick of the whole 'get up at 5am and work until sundown' gig and wants to become a storekeeper, instead of a 'free and independent' farmer.
*** It may have been because as the eldest son, his parents, particularly Father Wilder, expected that he'll take over the family farming business as many families with a large business expect their kids (particularly the default heirs aka eldest sons) to do.
** The eponymous Little House on the Prairie was built in the middle of Injun Country: Pa basically found a spot he liked and started building his house. The Native Americans whose land this was are less than pleased, and feel they have a right to come in and take anything they want. This is shown as being a terrible thing to have happened -- not wholly unreasonably at the time, since the Ingalls have put a lot of work into their claim but in modern hindsight, that Pa is squatting on their land is a ''lot'' more evocative.
** Although, to be fair to Pa, if you were told by someone in the government that you can settle in a mainly undeveloped territory on the promise that the land will be given to you, you'd probably jump on the opportunity.
*** It may have been because as the eldest son, his parents, particularly Father Wilder, expected that he'll take over the family farming business as many families with a large business expect their kids (particularly the default heirs aka eldest sons) to do.
** The eponymous Little House on the Prairie was built in the middle of Injun Country: Pa basically found a spot he liked and started building his house. The Native Americans whose land this was are less than pleased, and feel they have a right to come in and take anything they want. This is shown as being a terrible thing to have happened -- not wholly unreasonably at the time, since the Ingalls have put a lot of work into their claim but in modern hindsight, that Pa is squatting on their land is a ''lot'' more evocative.
** Although, to be fair to Pa, if you were told by someone in the government that you can settle in a mainly undeveloped territory on the promise that the land will be given to you, you'd probably jump on the opportunity.
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** See also the Wilder parents' horror when Royal decides he's sick of the whole 'get up at 5am and work until sundown' gig and wants to become a storekeeper, instead of a 'free and independent' farmer.
*** Itfarmer. Part of their dismay may have been because be due to expectations that as the eldest son, his parents, particularly Father Wilder, expected that he'll son he'd take over the family farming business farm, but in-story it's framed as many families with a large business expect their kids (particularly the default heirs aka eldest sons) to do.
definite social step downward as well ("...nothing but a storekeeper!").
** The eponymous Little House on the Prairie was built in the middle of Injun Country: Pa basically found a spot he liked and started building his house. The Native Americans whose land this was are less than pleased, and feel they have a right to come in and take anything they want. This is shown as being a terrible thing to have happened -- not wholly unreasonably at the time, since the Ingalls have put a lot of work into theirclaim but in modern hindsight, that Pa is squatting on their land is a ''lot'' more evocative.
** Although, to be fair to Pa, ifclaim. If you were told by someone in the government that you can could settle in a mainly undeveloped territory on the promise that the land will be given to you, you'd probably jump on the opportunity. opportunity too. But in hindsight, ultimately the fact that Pa is squatting on their land is a ''lot'' more evocative.
*** It
** The eponymous Little House on the Prairie was built in the middle of Injun Country: Pa basically found a spot he liked and started building his house. The Native Americans whose land this was are less than pleased, and feel they have a right to come in and take anything they want. This is shown as being a terrible thing to have happened -- not wholly unreasonably at the time, since the Ingalls have put a lot of work into their
** Although, to be fair to Pa, if
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** On a lighter note, the parenting styles on display in both the Ingalls and Wilder families, with their extreme emphasis on self-discipline and frequent reference to whippings, are liable to strike modern readers as serious overkill. Laura is reminded constantly that adults -- 'ladies' especially -- do ''not'' allow their emotions to show in public. And when little Almanzo gets too close to a hole during ice-cutting and nearly drowns, he is told ''immediately post-rescue'' that he deserves severe punishment for his carelessness, though the punishment does not follow. Pa also whips a 5-year-old Laura as punishment.
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** On a lighter note, the parenting styles on display in both the Ingalls and Wilder families, with their extreme emphasis on self-discipline and frequent reference to whippings, are liable to strike modern readers as serious overkill. Laura is reminded constantly that adults -- 'ladies' especially -- do ''not'' allow their emotions to show in public.public (and in one book, they shame ''Grace'' for crying and call her a "big girl" despite her being only four). And when little Almanzo gets too close to a hole during ice-cutting and nearly drowns, he is told ''immediately post-rescue'' that he deserves severe punishment for his carelessness, though the punishment does not follow. Pa also whips a 5-year-old Laura as punishment.punishment (and punishes only Laura and not Mary despite both girls fighting, not to mention he [[ParentalHypocrisy whipped her as punishment for hitting]]).
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The show was huge in France, Spain, Mexico, and Japan. For the latter, ''Little House'' was credited with a quilting craze among the Japanese, not to mention it was the inspiration for an anime series - ''Sōgen no Shōjo Rōra'' - in 1975.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff:
** The show was huge in France,Spain, Mexico, Spain and Japan. For the latter, Mexico.
**In Japan, ''Little House'' was credited with a quilting craze among the Japanese, not to mention it was the inspiration for an anime series -''Sōgen ''[[Anime/LauraThePrairieGirl Sōgen no Shōjo Rōra'' Rōra]]'' - in 1975.1975. Though, that anime wasn't successful there.
** The show was huge in France,
**In Japan, ''Little House'' was credited with a quilting craze among the Japanese, not to mention it was the inspiration for an anime series -
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* {{Narm}}: A lot of episodes are ''drowning'' with {{Melodrama}}. Seems like every other story somebody dies/already has a dead parent to milk the sympathy card, someone loses their source of income through a freak development beyond their control, a heavy-handed message gets thwacked over someone's head, or Laura runs off to cry. Sometimes all within the course of the same episode.
** Probably best seen in part two of "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not". Almanzo has overworked himself trying to make money to help pay for renting a courthouse for Adam and Mary to start up a new location for the blind school. He gets sick and contracts pneumonia. As he passes out from sickness and refusal to go see a doctor, he falls down the stairs to the tune... of a '''''slide whistle.''''' This is ''absolutely'' inappropriate for the scene, given that Almanzo's sickness was played ''completely'' seriously, and the effect was totally cartoony. Extra points for Houston the caretaker ''still'' butchering Almanzo's given name as "Almanzy".
* NarmCharm: To many modern viewers, one of the only reasons to watch. The other being Michael Landon's perm. Or [[EnsembleDarkhorse Mr. Edwards]].
** Probably best seen in part two of "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not". Almanzo has overworked himself trying to make money to help pay for renting a courthouse for Adam and Mary to start up a new location for the blind school. He gets sick and contracts pneumonia. As he passes out from sickness and refusal to go see a doctor, he falls down the stairs to the tune... of a '''''slide whistle.''''' This is ''absolutely'' inappropriate for the scene, given that Almanzo's sickness was played ''completely'' seriously, and the effect was totally cartoony. Extra points for Houston the caretaker ''still'' butchering Almanzo's given name as "Almanzy".
* NarmCharm: To many modern viewers, one of the only reasons to watch. The other being Michael Landon's perm. Or [[EnsembleDarkhorse Mr. Edwards]].
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* {{Narm}}: A lot of episodes are ''drowning'' with {{Melodrama}}. Seems like every other story somebody dies/already has a dead parent to milk the sympathy card, someone loses their source of income through a freak development beyond their control, a heavy-handed message gets thwacked over someone's head, or Laura runs off to cry. Sometimes all within the course of the same episode.
** Probably best seen in part two of "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not". Almanzo has overworked himself trying to make money to help pay for renting a courthouse for Adam and Mary to start up a new location for the blind school. He gets sick and contracts pneumonia. As he passes out from sickness and refusal to go see a doctor, he falls down the stairs to the tune... of a '''''slide whistle.''''' This is ''absolutely'' inappropriate for the scene, given that Almanzo's sickness was played ''completely'' seriously, and the effect was totally cartoony. Extra points for Houston the caretaker ''still'' butchering Almanzo's given name as "Almanzy".
* NarmCharm: To many modern viewers, one of the only reasons to watch. The other being Michael Landon's perm. Or [[EnsembleDarkhorse Mr. Edwards]].
** Probably best seen in part two of "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not". Almanzo has overworked himself trying to make money to help pay for renting a courthouse for Adam and Mary to start up a new location for the blind school. He gets sick and contracts pneumonia. As he passes out from sickness and refusal to go see a doctor, he falls down the stairs to the tune... of a '''''slide whistle.''''' This is ''absolutely'' inappropriate for the scene, given that Almanzo's sickness was played ''completely'' seriously, and the effect was totally cartoony. Extra points for Houston the caretaker ''still'' butchering Almanzo's given name as "Almanzy".
* NarmCharm: To many modern viewers, one of the only reasons to watch. The other being Michael Landon's perm. Or [[EnsembleDarkhorse Mr. Edwards]].
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* InformedWrongness: The controversy at the Grange convention in "Times of Change" hinges on whether it's better to rely on government-imposed regulations or private entrepreneurial negotiations; we're expected to passionately agree with Charles that the former is not just better for business, but morally superior.
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** The controversy at the Grange convention in "Times of Change" hinges on whether it's better to rely on government-imposed regulations or private entrepreneurial negotiations; we're expected to passionately agree with Charles that the former is not just better for business, but morallysuperior.superior. Then again, given the private entrepeneural side that dominated had shown to be corrupted and tried to bribe Charles, so it's possible that he simply decided to vote against them rather for any particular sympathy for the other option.
** The controversy at the Grange convention in "Times of Change" hinges on whether it's better to rely on government-imposed regulations or private entrepreneurial negotiations; we're expected to passionately agree with Charles that the former is not just better for business, but morally
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** A young Creator/SeanPenn appears among the schoolchildren in Season 1.
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* Alison Arngrim herself lampshaded this in her memoir, telling a story about the producers trying to pay off the kid extras with bubblegum. In context, it's some greedy producers trying to screw the actors out of well-earned pay (which is already bad enough). She acknowledged though that this would ''absolutely'' been seen as a grooming tactic nowadays. Thankfully, she said Michael Landon firmly put a stop to it, bellowing, "How about you actually ''pay these kids'' so they can buy them own damn bubblegum?!"
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The show was huge in Spain, Mexico, and Japan. For the latter, ''Little House'' was credited with a quilting craze among the Japanese, not to mention it was the inspiration for an anime series - ''Sōgen no Shōjo Rōra'' - in 1975.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The show was huge in France, Spain, Mexico, and Japan. For the latter, ''Little House'' was credited with a quilting craze among the Japanese, not to mention it was the inspiration for an anime series - ''Sōgen no Shōjo Rōra'' - in 1975.
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*** Some recent research [[https://www.wildercompanion.com/2019/11/when-was-almanzo-wilder-born.html]] showed evidence that he may had been born in 1859 instead, which makes him only 8 years her senior, the same age gap of their characters in the TV adaption. A case of TruthInTelevision or AgeIsRelative?
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*** Some recent research [[https://www.wildercompanion.com/2019/11/when-was-almanzo-wilder-born.html]] html recent research]] showed evidence that he may had been born in 1859 instead, which makes him only 8 years her senior, the same age gap of their characters in the TV adaption. A case of TruthInTelevision or AgeIsRelative?
