The Little House of Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura Ingalls Wilder was an amazing author of the twentieth century. The younger generations rarely recognize her work, however, older generations look up to her as a heroine.
Wilder once stated, “Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all.” The children of this decade will never truly understand the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder, but it is a true belief that her books enlighten children and adults alike of a world before technology, before cars and skyscrapers, and the materialistic values of the people of today. Wilder’s childhood was far different from anything that the children of today …show more content…
Today, people continue to read her books with curiosity, imagining the feelings Laura conveys in each story. Laura Ingalls Wilder was born to Charles and Caroline Ingalls near Pepin, Wisconsin in the year 1867 on the seventh day of February. She was the second child of the family. Laura grew up in the cabin with her parents, her older sister Mary, and her younger sisters Carrie and
2 Barker 1 Grace. Caroline birthed only girls until the year 1875 when young Charles was born. Shortly after his birth, he passed away of an unknown illness. He passed away on the family’s way to
Burr Oak, Iowa at only nine months old. The Ingalls attempted the job of hotel keepers, but failed miserably. Charles Ingalls then found work at a local mill. (Smith Hill) Only one short year before the birth of Charles, the Ingalls had to make a sudden trip to Walnut …show more content…
A swarm of grasshoppers had eaten up much of the crops that the Ingalls worked so tirelessly for. In the fall of 1878, however, Laura and her family moved back to their beloved Walnut Grove where her father found work as a clerk and a bookkeeper for the Chicago and Northwest Railroad. Laura’s family, yet again, packed up their belongings and moved to Dakota Territory, near De Smet Dakota, making a living as homesteaders. (Biography.com editors) The family had been through a lot since their original move from Independence, Kansas. Due to her sister Mary’s sudden blindness brought on by a sickness in her early teens,
Laura Ingalls Wilder began her quest to become a teacher and helping her sister find a school for the blind. In 1882, fifteen-year-old Laura finally began her training. By sixteen, she had received her teaching certificate. As Laura became of age, she encountered a young homesteader.
Almanzo Wilder came in contact with Laura when she was teaching near De Smet one day.
Almanzo had eyes for young Laura and asked her to marry him on the twenty-fifth day of
August in the year 1885, when she was only eighteen. Laura and Almanzo carried on their