Event Details
What do books and museum exhibits have in common? Both bring the past to life through powerful stories. Register to join the State Historical Museum of Iowa on Saturday, March 28 for Reading History: A Book-Inspired Tour, a unique book club experience at the museum that blends reading, discussion, and exploration.
The March program features Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Miller. The program begins with a guided group discussion of the book, followed by a staff-led tour of museum exhibits inspired by its themes and setting. Along the way, you'll encounter objects connected to the story and learn about the lives of Iowans who lived during this time period.
Whether you're a history enthusiast, a book lover, or both, this program offers a unique way to connect literature with real-life stories from Iowa's past.
This program is in partnership with Storyhouse Bookpub. Need a copy of the book? Storyhouse Bookpub has copies available for purchase prior to the program.
About the Book
In this novel authorized by the Little House Heritage Trust, Sarah Miller vividly recreates the beauty, hardship, and joys of the frontier in a dazzling work of historical fiction, a captivating story that illuminates one courageous, resilient, and loving pioneer woman as never before—Caroline Ingalls, “Ma” in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved Little House books.
In the frigid days of February, 1870, Caroline Ingalls and her family leave the familiar comforts of the Big Woods of Wisconsin and the warm bosom of her family, for a new life in Kansas Indian Territory. Packing what they can carry in their wagon, Caroline, her husband Charles, and their little girls, Mary and Laura, head west to settle in a beautiful, unpredictable land full of promise and peril in this compelling work of biographical fiction.
For more than eighty years, generations of readers have been enchanted by the adventures of America’s most famous child, Laura Ingalls Wilder, in the Little House books. Now, that familiar story is retold in this captivating tale of family, fidelity, hardship, love, and survival that vividly reimagines our past.
Registration Details
Advance registration requested to attend this program. Please note this program is recommended for adult learners.