New 'Little House' remake will inspire you to rewatch the '70s TV series - NPR
Netflix is developing a new television adaptation of the classic 'Little House on the Prairie' book series. The article reflects on the historical significance of Laura Ingalls Wilder's work and the legacy of the popular 1970s television series.
Why it matters
It highlights the ongoing trend of rebooting nostalgic intellectual property for modern streaming audiences.
Netflix is presenting a new version of Little House on the Prairie , a story from our nation's early frontier history, based on the popular series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
When Wilder started writing the book series in the early 1930s, it was as a fond salute to her own childhood memories. Wilder was born shortly after the Civil War, in 1867, in the very log cabin she describes in her first book, Little House in the Big Woods. That book, and her later ones, detailed the joys, the difficulties and the hard work involved in pioneer life — as seen, and told, from the perspective of a precocious young girl.
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