Eliza Jane Wilder

Does any of have info on her?

Here is a link to a short bio of EJ: http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/family/elizajanewilder.html

William Anderson has a short booklet titled Wilder in the West which centers around EJ. It is available at Rocky Ridge Farm and I think on Bill's site. You can order it through Amazon but it takes forever to get it. Ebay is also an option. Every once in a while they have an autographed copy available for around $10 plus shipping, but I don't know if it's authentic. The book usually costs $4.95.

Cheryl

Apparantly there´s not too much information on Eliza Jane on the internet. But you can learn a little about her on this site http://www.quantobasta.com/do/searchType/AsinSearch/searchTerm/0961008849/searchMode/books/searchModeType/heavy/searchPage/1/amazonsearch.html (a little long link.) but also try findagrave.com. They have a little bio of her too

She was in the end of the movie Flashdance which was filmed right here in Pittsburgh!

Beckie

waooooou ! very very good LIWnut

I think she looks like she'd be a really sweet Grandma. I guess Roger Lea MacBride lucked out!! He later became her sole heir even though they really weren't related.

Wasn't Roger, Rose's heir? I didn't think he even knew EJ.

Eliza


Shot at 2007-07-23

familly Wilder

Wow the real Eliza Jane was so unlike here character on the show!

Beckie

MattLabMyLove wrote:

Wow the real Eliza Jane was so unlike here character on the show!

Beckie

Yes, she was. I think I remember reading in an interview that Lucy purposely wanted to make her a nicer, sweeter person. When she came back in Season 8 for those two episodes, she seemed more like what I've read about the real EJ than the one we loved while she lived in Walnut Grove. I was disappointed in this change of character.

Me too. :(

Beckie

bethandmanly wrote:

Wasn't Roger, Rose's heir? I didn't think he even knew EJ.

Oh, oops, you are right. I am in the middle of reading the Rose years and my mind got kerfuddled, sorry!

Yep. I think that s good to make some changes, IF you keep persons in their characters. Eliza jane was so different than the real one that you could not believe what you are reading when you gets a bio on her. The show did a bad job related to her. Pa and Ma (from the show) were pretty much in their real life characters even if their actions are not always in the real story. Is for that , that even if I know I'm seeing not the whole truth, I keep enjoying the show.

Vanesa.

Same here. :)

Beckie