The Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder painted a vivid sense of place, with the weather on the Great Plains playing an important role. Dr. Barbara Boustead is a meteorologist and Wilder scholar who researched the accuracy of these stories’ descriptions of blizzards, tornadoes and floods. Listenr an interview with Dr. Boustead about her book Wilder Weather: What Laura Ingalls Wilder Teaches Us About the Weather, Climate and Protecting What We Cherish.
