{"product_id":"9780826220448","title":"From Little Houses to Little Women: Revisiting a Literary Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eA typical travel book takes readers along on a trip with the author, but a great travel book does much more than that, inviting readers along on a mental and spiritual journey as well. This distinction is what separates Nancy McCabe’s \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Little Houses to Little Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e from the typical and allows it to take its place not only as a great travel book but also as a memoir about the children’s books that have shaped all of our imaginations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcCabe, who grew up in Kansas just a few hours from the Ingalls family’s home in \u003ci\u003eLittle House on the Prairie\u003c\/i\u003e, always felt a deep connection with Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House series. McCabe read \u003ci\u003eLittle House on the Prairie\u003c\/i\u003e during her childhood and visited Wilder sites around the Midwest with her aunt when she was thirteen. But then she didn’t read the series again until she decided to revisit in adulthood the books that had so influenced her childhood. It was this decision that ultimately sparked her desire to visit the places that inspired many of her childhood favorites, taking her on a journey that included stops in the Missouri of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the Minnesota of Maud Hart Lovelace, the Massachusetts of Louisa May Alcott, and even the Canada of Lucy Maud Montgomery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Little Houses to Little Women \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ereveals McCabe’s powerful connection to the characters and authors who inspired many generations of readers. Traveling with McCabe as she rediscovers the books that shaped her and ultimately helped her to forge her own path, readers will enjoy revisiting their own childhood favorites as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Missouri Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021474742512,"sku":"9780826220448","price":21.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780826220448_p0.jpg?v=1763754549","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780826220448","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}