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This books shows photos of many of the places from the Little House books as well as photos of the Ingalls family. I also found out Charles Ingalls was a Mason which I didn't know.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Country: The People and Places in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Life and Books
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Presents a portrait of the land and people made famous in the "Little House" series, using family photos, memorabilia, and archival material
119 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1,1990
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119 pages, Hardcover
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March 1, 1992 by Perennial
- ISBN
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9780060552947
- ASIN
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0060552948
- Language
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English
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If you can't travel to the many "Little House" homesites, then this book will take you there. Part biography and history, loaded with photographs, this is a wonderful keepsake book for any reader of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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I was very excited to purchase this book online and add it to my collection of all things Laura Ingalls Wilder. Sadly I was disappointed when I received it.
The production values in this book and the design are very very poor. This may not be of notice to the average reader but I was a print production manager for many years. The page layout is from the 1980s, of course. It is horrible. The typography is dated and awful. The information is not connected very well. I found it hard to concentrate on the information when the packaging was so atrocious. The book looks like a not-talented amateur put it together in his garage on the weekends for fun.
Much of the information contained was already known to me, as I have many other books about Laura's life. I enjoyed the photographs and I am glad I own it. It's just not a book I browse on my shelves when I want a Laura fix.
This book badly needed a good editor and an art director.
Poor little book. It's not your fault you're so ugly. I love you anyway.
The production values in this book and the design are very very poor. This may not be of notice to the average reader but I was a print production manager for many years. The page layout is from the 1980s, of course. It is horrible. The typography is dated and awful. The information is not connected very well. I found it hard to concentrate on the information when the packaging was so atrocious. The book looks like a not-talented amateur put it together in his garage on the weekends for fun.
Much of the information contained was already known to me, as I have many other books about Laura's life. I enjoyed the photographs and I am glad I own it. It's just not a book I browse on my shelves when I want a Laura fix.
This book badly needed a good editor and an art director.
Poor little book. It's not your fault you're so ugly. I love you anyway.
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As a child, I loved all the Laura Ingalls Wider books. I recently found this book at a library book sale. It was enjoyable to read about all the places Laura lived and to see the photos.
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A scrapbook of all things Laura--115 pages and it could have been twice as long for me. Shouldn't I get a life of my own instead of living a life of a woman who died the year before I was born?
Nah. I was born and raised in one place. While it would be interesting to gather up a similar scrapbook about my life and times, it's more exciting to live in hers.
This gives me plenty of room to roam about in her memories--he's collected photographs, both modern and historical, illustrations, maps and just a little text to hold them together. Arranged them according to the actual timeline, not the condensed one she uses in her stories. While he's careful to speak of the books as "her stories about her childhood," his historical narrative borrows heavily from the books and thus, is mostly not to be trusted.
On one page he has two illustrations from On the Banks of Plum Creek. One by Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle and one by the later illustrator Garth Williams. They show different scenes, so they can't really be compared--but I can't help comparing them anyway. I think my first introduction to the books, circa 1964, must have been the first set. I just like those illustrations better. Yeah, they're cutesy and simplistic, but they're more in tune with the people of the stories. The clothes are done better.
Someone should do a reprint with them both. I'd buy it.
Nah. I was born and raised in one place. While it would be interesting to gather up a similar scrapbook about my life and times, it's more exciting to live in hers.
This gives me plenty of room to roam about in her memories--he's collected photographs, both modern and historical, illustrations, maps and just a little text to hold them together. Arranged them according to the actual timeline, not the condensed one she uses in her stories. While he's careful to speak of the books as "her stories about her childhood," his historical narrative borrows heavily from the books and thus, is mostly not to be trusted.
On one page he has two illustrations from On the Banks of Plum Creek. One by Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle and one by the later illustrator Garth Williams. They show different scenes, so they can't really be compared--but I can't help comparing them anyway. I think my first introduction to the books, circa 1964, must have been the first set. I just like those illustrations better. Yeah, they're cutesy and simplistic, but they're more in tune with the people of the stories. The clothes are done better.
Someone should do a reprint with them both. I'd buy it.
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This is one of the most delightful books that I have read in a long time. I grew up reading the Laura Ingalls’ books, and this felt like going down memory lane — learning more about the history of her life, and what happened to the family after the books were written.
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brought back for me from the Ingalls homestead in deSmet, SD by dear friend Trina.
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So cool! A satisfying addition to the Little House séries.
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