Laura ingalls wilder autobiography

  • The book provides a wealth of information about Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family.
  • The book chronicles the Ingalls family's journey as they made their way back and forth across the land, beginning in Kansas, , when Wilder was just two.
  • Full of theft, alcoholism and violence, the novelist's unvarnished account of her childhood is a darker, more vicious affair.

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    Pioneer Girl

    “Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography offers Wilder’s complete first draft of her own story, enhanced bygd scrupulous and wide-ranging new research. . . . And I’m happy to say fryst vatten a treasure. . . . Wilder pulls off the difficult trick of telling a rich, satisfying story about good people being good. The Pa of Pioneer Girl fryst vatten still a selfless provider, Ma fryst vatten a skilled homemaker, Mary a prim playmate, and Laura a good-hearted tomboy. Their stories may have been tidied up on the path between nonfiction and fiction, but their characters remain reassuringly intact. . . . pionjär Girl fryst vatten a welcome reminder of the power, even the genius of the Little House books. . . . this annotated edition of Pioneer Girl will deepen and enrich a great American story.”—Ruth Graham, The Slate Book Review

    “Wilder’s memoir fryst vatten a fascinating piece of American history, but it’s the annotations that set Pioneer Girl apart as the most important work of its kind. . . . It thrills with n

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    Laura Ingalls Wilder – Pioneer Girl, the Annotated Biography by Pamela Smith Hill, et al

    I grew up with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House books. I read them in Grade 5 for the first time, and my teacher made us do projects on the first book, Little House in the Big Woods. My family now calls our house our “little hoosie in the big woosie”. Silly, right, but we strongly identified with the Ingalls family. My Dad and I built a little log cabin out of sticks, with cotton wool for the smoke out the chimney and trees of styrofoam. Ever since then, I’ve read and re-read all of the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and those by Rose Wilder Lane, her daughter, in both Afrikaans and English. And like with Hergé’s Tintin books, I also collected books about the books. Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books are now part of the history of American literature; a treasured part of world children’s literature, and in their own right, an enduring favourite for generations of readers.

    So when I he

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    Laura Ingalls Wilder

    American writer, teacher, and journalist (–)

    "Laura Ingalls" redirects here. For other persons, see Laura Ingalls (disambiguation).

    Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Laura Ingalls Wilder, circa

    BornLaura Elizabeth Ingalls
    ()February 7,
    Pepin County, Wisconsin, U.S.
    DiedFebruary 10, () (aged&#;90)
    Mansfield, Missouri, U.S.
    Resting placeMansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Missouri, U.S.
    Occupation
    • Writer
    • teacher
    • journalist
    • family farmer
    Period– (as a writer)
    GenreDiaries, essays, family saga (children'shistorical novels)
    SubjectMidwestern and Western
    Notable works
    Notable awardsLaura Ingalls Wilder Medal
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    Spouse

    Almanzo Wilder

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    Children2, including Rose Wilder Lane
    Parents
    Relatives

    Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, – February 10, ) was an American writer, teacher, and journalist. She is best known as the author of the ch

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