Laura Ingalls Wilder : a biography / by William Anderson.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : HarperCollins, 1992.Edition: 1st edDescription: 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0060201134 :
- 0060201142 (lib. bdg.)
- 9780060201135
- 9780060201142 (lib. bdg.)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Biography | Wilder, L. A552 | Available | 33111005049628 |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography, Laura's fans will find their answers. Noted Wilder historian William Anderson gives a warm, detailed account of both Laura's childhood and her adult life with her husband, Almanzo, and their daughter, Rose. Here too is a fascinating look at how Laura came to write the 'Little House' books.
Includes index.
Pioneer family -- Indian territory -- "Give them a covered wagon and they're ready to go!' -- Along plum creek -- Year in Burr oak -- Going West again -- Dakota territory -- Prairie girl -- Teaching, courtship and marriage -- "We want to see the world!' -- To the land of the big red apple -- Rocky ridge farm -- Gem city of the Ozarks -- "As a farm woman thinks" -- "Good times on the farm!" -- "Stories that had to be told" -- "Our quiet home" -- Rich harvest.
A biography of the writer whose pioneer life on the American prairie became the basis for her "Little House" books.