these happy golden years by laura ingalls wilder

Wilder continued the story of her life in On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937), By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939), The Long Winter (1940), Little Town on the Prairie (1941), and These Happy Golden Years (1943). The “Little House” books were well received by the reading public and critics alike their warm, truthful portrayal of a life made picturesque by its very simplicity charmed generations of readers.

After writing Farmer Boy (1933), a book about her husband’s childhood, she published Little House on the Prairie (1935), a reminiscence of her family’s stay in Indian Territory. In 1932 she published Little House in the Big Woods, which was set in Wisconsin. Her stories centred on the male unrest and female patience of pioneers in the mid-1800s and celebrated their peculiarly American spirit and independence. Prompted by her daughter, Wilder began writing down her childhood experiences. Louis Star, and for 12 years was home editor of the Missouri Ruralist. She contributed to McCall’s Magazine and Country Gentleman, served as poultry editor for the St. Some years later she began writing for various periodicals. Wilder, with whom she lived from 1894 on a farm near Mansfield, Missouri. At age 15 she began teaching in rural schools.

Her father took the family by covered wagon to Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, and Dakota Territory. Laura Ingalls grew up in a family that moved frequently from one part of the American frontier to another. Laura Ingalls Wilder, née Laura Ingalls, (born February 7, 1867, Lake Pepin, Wisconsin, U.S.-died February 10, 1957, Mansfield, Missouri), American author of children’s fiction based on her own youth in the American Midwest.

These happy golden years by laura ingalls wilder