Roger Lea MacBride

Roger Lea MacBride was an American lawyer, political figure, and writer. After working as a lawyer early in his career, he inherited the estate of Laura Ingalls Wilder. He edited and published additional Wilder materials and later wrote a Rose Years spin‑off series set in the Little House on the Prairie universe. He initiated the development of its television adaptation.

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