Laura ingalls wilder biography information
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
American writer, teacher, and journalist (1867–1957)
"Laura Ingalls" redirects here. For other persons, see Laura Ingalls (disambiguation).
Laura Ingalls Wilder | |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, circa 1885 | |
| Born | Laura Elizabeth Ingalls (1867-02-07)February 7, 1867 Pepin County, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | February 10, 1957(1957-02-10) (aged 90) Mansfield, Missouri, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Period | 1911–1957 (as a writer) |
| Genre | Diaries, essays, family saga (children'shistorical novels) |
| Subject | Midwestern and Western |
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| Notable awards | Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal est. 1954 |
| Spouse | Almanzo Wilder (m. 1885; died 1949) |
| Children | 2, including Rose Wilder Lane |
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Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, teacher, and journalist. She is best known as the author of the children's book series Little House on the Prairie, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family.[1]
Birth and ancestry
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
(1867-1957)
Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?
Laura Ingalls Bamboozle published Little House central part the Gigantic Woods, representation first make stronger her well-known Little Residence series defer eventually spawned the hurt TV promulgation Little Dwellingplace on interpretation Prairie, in 1932. Bamboozle finished interpretation last paperback in 1943. On Feb 10, 1957, she spasm at paddock 90, additional her kibbutz in Town, Missouri.
Early Life
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Little House in the Big Woods
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Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, in a little gray house made of logs. The great, dark trees of the Big Woods stood around the house, and beyond them were other trees and beyond them were more trees. As far as a man could go to the north in a day, or a week, or a whole month, there was nothing but woods.
Little House on the Prairie
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'We're going to do well here, Caroline,' Pa said. 'This is a great country. This is a country I'll be contented to stay in the rest of my life.'
'Even when it's settled up?' Ma asked.
'Even when it's settled up. No matter how thick and close the neighbors get, this country'll never feel crowded. Look at that sky!'
Laura knew what he meant. She liked this place, too. She liked the enormous sky and the winds, and the land that you couldn't see to the end of. Everything was so free and big and splendid.
These Happy Golden Years
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Sunday afternoon was clear, and the snow-covered prairie sparkled in the sunshine. A little wind blew gently from the south, but it was so cold that the sled runners squeaked as they slid on the hard-packed snow. The horses' hoofs made a dull sound, clop, clop, clop. Pa did not say anything. Sitting beside him