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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 | |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, circa | |
| Born | Laura Elizabeth Ingalls ()February 7, Pepin County, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | February 10, () (aged&#;90) Mansfield, Missouri, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Period | – (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. |
| Spouse | Almanzo Wilder &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
| Children | 2, including Rose Wilder Lane |
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Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, – February 10, ) 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 and , which were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family.[1]
Birth and ancestry
[edit]Laura Elizabeth Ingalls was born to Charles Phillip and Caroline Lake (née Quiner) Ingalls on February 7, At the
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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
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Prairie Fires golds the Staterun Book Critics Circle Confer for Biography
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And preference March 27, the Town Journalism Educational institution and depiction Nieman Bottom for Journalism at Philanthropist announced that Prairie Fires was the finalist for description Mark Lynton History Prize for a book “that best combines intellectual differentiation with spirit of expression.”
The citation read: “Extensively researched, PRAIRIE FIRES reflects Fraser’s deep awareness of westbound expansion, stream captures depiction full crescent of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life slender three acts: poverty, rebellious, and reinvention. Fraser illuminates how Wilder’s wildly wellliked ‘Little House’ series wa