Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Little House Books

Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Originally published from 1932 to 1943, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books are classics of children's literature, beloved by millions. But readers who last enjoyed them as children may be astonished at the quiet poetry of Wilder's prose and the force and poignancy of her portrait of the lives of American pioneers. Now The Library of America and editor Caroline Fraser present a definitive boxed set that affirms Wilder's place in the American canon, reintroducing these enduring works to readers young and old. Here, for the first time in two collectible hardcover volumes, are all eight Little House novels--brilliant narratives of the early life of Laura Ingalls and her family as they grow up with the country in the woods, on the plains, and finally in the small towns of the advancing American frontier--plus the posthumous novella The First Four Years, which recounts the early years of the author's marriage to Almanzo Wilder. As a special feature, four rare autobiographical pieces address the need for historical accuracy in children's literature, reveal real life events not included in the novels, and answer the inevitable question: what happened next?


 


Contains:


VOLUME ONE


Little House in the Big Woods


Farmer Boy


Little House on the Prairie


On the Banks of Plum Creek


Library of America volume #229


 


VOLUME TWO


By the Shores of Silver Lake


The Long Winter


Little Town on the Prairie


These Happy Golden Years


The First Four Years


Library of America volume #230


 


 


Each volume features deluxe three-part bindings, a newly-researched chronology of Laura Ingalls Wilder's life and career, and helpful notes. The volumes are also available separately with standard Library of America series bindings and jackets.

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Caroline Fraser, editor, is the author most recently of Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution. She has written for The New Yorker, where she was formerly on the editorial staff, The Atlantic, Outside Magazine, Allure, and The Los Angeles Times Book Review, among other publications. Her essays and reviews also appear in The New York Review of Books. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

General Fields

  • : 9781598531626
  • : Penguin Group USA
  • : Library of America
  • : August 2012
  • : 216mm X 137mm X 71mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • : Hardback
  • : English