A Laura Ingalls Wilder Reader: A Collection of Long Lost Stories, Poems, and Reminiscences by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Her Family. - Edited by William Anderson

In this book readers experience not only these long-lost writings by the pioneer girl, but also those of her family as well. Here are poems, histories, and essays by Laura's parents and siblings, and the vigorous prose of her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. This collection revisits the people and places beloved by generations of readers.

Paperback
Black & White Images
196 Pages
ISBN: 978-1-8907570-1-4

About the author: Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) was 65 when the first of her Little House series of the American frontier was published in 1932. "Mrs. Wilder has caught the very essence of pioneer life," said a critic of her account of family life in the 1870s and 1880s. Laura's sudden appearance in the literary field, well past middle age, seemed as amazing as her ability to write lively stories of western settlers. Few knew that Laura Ingalls Wilder was a lifelong writer, with a large body of occasional writings and country journalism behind her. From girlhood poetry written by the light of a kerosene lamp, to a recurrent column in The Missouri Ruralist, Laura found her writing voice. In A Laura Ingalls Wilder Reader readers experience not only these long-lost writings by the pioneer girl, but those of her family as well. Here are poems, histories, and essays by Laura's parents and siblings, and the vigorous prose of her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. This collection revisits the people and places beloved by generations of readers. 

Image description: The cover illustration features A portrait of Laura Ingalls Wilder sitting at a table writing in a notebook, with a lamp and some books in front of her. The title is printed at the top of the cover; the subtitle and editor's name are printed at the bottom of the cover.