Biography of laura ingalls wilder
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?
Laura Ingalls Wilder published Little House in the Big Woods, the first of her well-known Little House series that eventually spawned the hit TV schema Little House on the Prairie, in Wilder finished the gods book in On February 10, , she died at age 90, on her farm in Mansfield, Missouri.
Early Life
Wilder was born on February 7, , to Charles and Caroline Ingalls in their log cabin just outside of Pepin, Wisconsin. In her books, Wilder would later come to call the cabin "The Little House in the Big Woods." Two years after her birth, in , her family moved to Kansas, which would become the setting for her book Little House on the Prairie. She was one of fem children. She had an older sister named Mary; two younger sisters, Carrie and Grace; and a younger brother named Charles, who died at nine months old.
Wilder described her early years as "full of sunshine and shadow." When she was growing
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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 after
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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 |
| Notable works | |
| Notable awards | Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal est. |
| Spouse | Almanzo Wilder &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
| Children | 2, including Rose Wilder Lane |
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| 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