Abigail MacBride Allen
Abigail MacBride Allen (born 1970) is the owner of the literary rights to the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.[1]
Allen is the daughter of Roger Lea MacBride, the 1976 Libertarian candidate for President of the United States.[2] She traveled with her father frequently during his 1976 presidential bid.[3] She also made public appearances with Roger Lea MacBride during events celebrating Laura Ingalls Wilder.[4]
Abigail Macbride Allen was adopted by Roger Lea MacBride shortly after her birth in 1970.[3][5]
She was living in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Miami Beach, Florida, at the time of her father's death in 1995, when the Ingalls Wilder estate was estimated at $100 million dollars.[1][6] Ingalls Wilder's daughter Rose Wilder Lane had befriended a young Roger Lea MacBride and later made him her heir.
Her rights as sole heir to the Little House fortune came in 2001 after a contentious two-year lawsuit.[7] She was described as a "raven-haired Southern beauty" by a New York Post reporter in 1999.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Margolis, Rick (June 1, 2001) "Settlement on 'Little House' Books", School Library Journal
- ↑ St. John, Jeffrey (September 30, 1975) "MacBride Plans Campaign". Merced Sun-Star
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ward, Penny (March 29, 1976) "Libertarian Roger Lea MacBride Dreams of Vaulting from the Little House to the White House." People Magazine
- ↑ Chin, Paula (November 1, 1999) "Little Uproar on the Prairie", People Magazine
- ↑ Chin, Paula (November 1, 1999) "Little Uproar on the Prairie", People Magazine
- ↑ Saxon, Wolfgang (March 8, 1995) "Roger MacBride, 65, Libertarian And 'Little House' Heir, Is Dead", The New York Times
- ↑ Johnson, Doug (December 18, 1999) "'Little House' Royalties at Issue in Lawsuit", Seattle Times
- ↑ Levine, Hallie (November 3, 1999) "Lawsuit on the Prairie," New York Post
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