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Focusing on her Missouri years from 1894 to 1957, explores how the Wilder's entire life was a process of becoming the woman we know as the beloved author.

When Rose Wilder and her parents arrive in Missouri, they must work hard to make a rundown farm into their own home.

Having left her parents' Missouri farm for good and trained to become a telegraph operator in Kansas City, teenage Rose moves out to San Francisco and joins the thousands of "bachelor girls" supporting themselves.

Laura, her mother, and other family members share many exciting adventures while living as pioneers on the American frontier.

A biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House" books, from her Wisconsin childhood until her death at the age of ninety.

"Many girls in elementary and middle school fall in love with the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. What they don't always realize is that Wilder's books are autobiographical. This narrative biography describes more of the details of the young Laura's real life as a young pioneer homesteading with her family on many adventurous journeys. This biography, complete with charming illustrations, points out the differences between the fictional...

A biography of the writer whose pioneer life on the American prairie became the basis for her "Little House" books.

Recipes based on the pioneer food written about in the "Little House" books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, along with quotes from the books and descriptions of the food and cooking of pioneer times.

Laura Ingalls shares adventures and good times with her friends while growing up on the western frontier.