die_traumerei ([personal profile] die_traumerei) wrote 2019-01-17 04:58 am (UTC)

Huh, I wonder too? I kind of suspect that she's falling out of favor - there are plenty of less racist pioneer narratives now. I get the sense she's hugely popular with the libertarian/prepper/conservative crowd, though.
(I'm not even sure how you'd measure it. Book sales/library numbers? People actually engaging about the books?)

It's kind of awkward how well they age in some ways, actually -- they're really, really well-written! Laura is very good at describing things! But also, very racist.

Post a comment in response:

This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting