Being a child of the 70's, I am of course familiar with "The Little House on the Prairie." Though I have not read the books or seen all the shows when I came across this booklet, I was fascinated and couldn't resist picking it up.

The booklet is a brief (40-page) history of the Ingalls, broken down into small chapters which either covers a member or members of the family or their travels west until they ultimately end up in DeSmet, South Dakota. As the subtitle is "What happened next to Laura's family," the majority of the story takes place in DeSmet. It ends with actual entries from youngest sister Grace's diary. Having read this, I now not only want to read all the books, I want to go and see the places they lived.

The only thing I found curious is that while the lives of the Ingalls sisters are summarized from their births until their deaths, the birth of their brother, Charles Frederick,is just a brief note and he's not mentioned again.