The Little House Books: A Pioneer Chronicle

Mises Daily: Monday, November 23, 2009 by Robert M. Thornton
Little House BooksThe Freeman, 1972.

These books were first published nearly forty years ago when Laura Ingalls Wilder was in her sixties. The eighteenth printing in cloth was run in 1970, and now we have the first paperback edition. Laura (I just can't bring myself to call her Mrs. Wilder) wrote the first book in the series without any plans to continue, but the enthusiastic response of yo… Continue

If it does, please consider contacting a Montana citizen trained in Gracious Space, an approach to conversations that emphasizes welcoming the stranger and listening respectfully to alternative points of view. (To see the impact of Gracious Space, check out the Featured Blog by Bruce Whittenberg that describes how Billings has put this approach to work.)

18 Montanans came together in Kalispell in late October to learn this technique. You can find the list of participants at the Hu… Continue

We are pleased and humbled to announce that Humanities Montana received its fifth Helen and Martin Schwartz Prize for Public Humanities Programs from the Federation of State Humanities Councils at the National Humanities Conference in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday, November 6.

We were recognized for our Public Affairs Initiative, funded through the Department of Education appropriation secured through Senator Baucus's office. The specific programs included "Can We Talk?" in Billings in January; civ… Continue

Roundtable members can now post notices of humanities-related events in the new Member Calendar. To access, hover over the green Calendars tab above, then select Member Calendar from the drop-down menu. Newly posted events will appear in the "Latest Activity" to the left, and also in the summary of upcoming events at the bottom of this page.

(As you may have noticed, we also have a Humanities Montana Events page, which provides details about upcoming events--e.g. Spe… Continue