Pioneer Girl: Annotated Autobiography edited by Pamela Smith Hill.

Hidden away since the 1930's, Laura Ingalls Wilder s never-before-published autobiography reveals the true stories of her pioneering life. Some of her experiences will be familiar; some will be a surprise. Pioneer Girl re-introduces readers to the woman who defined the pioneer experience for millions of people around the world.
Hardcover. 400 pages.
ISBN-13: 987-0-9845041-7-6

About the authors: Laura Ingalls Wilder finished her autobiography, Pioneer Girl, in 1930 when she was sixty-three years old. Throughout the 1930s and into the early 1940s, Wilder utilized her original manuscript to write a successful series of books for young readers. Her daughter, journalist Rose Wilder Lane, served as her editor and agent and borrowed from her mother's life story to write two novels of her own. Wilder died in Mansfield, Missouri, at ninety years of age. Pamela Smith Hill is the award-winning author of Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer’s Life and three historical novels for young adults. She has taught creative and professional writing at universities in Oregon, Washington, and Colorado, as well as a course on Laura Ingalls Wilder through Missouri State University.

Image description: The illustration on the cover features a watercolor-style illustration of a young girl with long, windblown hair sitting in a field of tall grasses and colorful wildflowers. She is holding a notebook in her lap, looking out over a calm river and rolling green hills under a pale blue sky. At the top, the title, the subtitle, the author’s name, and the editor’s name are printed.