William anderson biography of laura ingalls wilder

  • Dive into the world of the author of the beloved Little House series!From her pioneer days on the prairie to her golden years with her husband, Almanzo, and their daughter, Rose, Laura Ingalls Wilder has become a friend to all who have read about.
  • This expertly researched, behind-the-scenes account of Laura's life chronicles the real events that inspired her to write her stories.
  • This straightforward chronology of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) details her heritage and birth, her family's pioneering and her travels.

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    Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography

    August 8, 2017
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    AUTHOR, HISTORIAN, PRESENTER

    I am a lucky person.

    I’ve had two jobs that I’ve enjoyed very much: Teacher and Author. Both of them enhanced one another, and both of them target mostly young people. My teaching included History, Literature and Writing, and most of my books seem to fall into those categories as well. A good mix.

    I have written or edited around 25 books; all of them involved extensive amount of research. I’ve poured through old diaries, letters, newspapers; rummaged through trunks full of scrapbooks and documents; interviewed some fascinating people all over America and Europe. After the research is done, putting the words together is the next step.

    In addition to books, I’ve written around 100 magazine articles, for publications like TRAVEL & LEISURE, THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, and others.

    Doing travel articles was great–I was sent to some super places to gather information! I also did articles for kids’ magazines like HIGHLIGHTS, JACK AND JILL, and KID’S CLUB. I was a manuscript consultant for my major publisher, Harper Collins, wrote scripts, texts for CDs, and even put together the words for historical markers. (Those will always stay in print!

    So I have had a varied career as

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    The Story of the Ingalls

    June 28, 2014
    Being a child of the 70's, I am of course familiar with "The Little House on the Prairie." Though I have not read the books or seen all the shows when I came across this booklet, I was fascinated and couldn't resist picking it up.

    The booklet is a brief (40-page) history of the Ingalls, broken down into small chapters which either covers a member or members of the family or their travels west until they ultimately end up in DeSmet, South Dakota. As the subtitle is "What happened next to Laura's family," the majority of the story takes place in DeSmet. It ends with actual entries from youngest sister Grace's diary. Having read this, I now not only want to read all the books, I want to go and see the places they lived.

    The only thing I found curious is that while the lives of the Ingalls sisters are summarized from their births until their deaths, the birth of their brother, Charles Frederick,is just a brief note and he's not mentioned again.
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