Little House The First Four Years, Book 9, (Paperback)

from MerryMary

The style and rhythm of this book is slightly different from the rest of the series. At her death, Laura left it handwritten and unfinished. It was printed as is, without final revising and polishi...

from missbecki

This was always my favorite of the Little House, perhaps because it is so very raw. Wilder never finished editing the story, so it is more like a rough draft. I find, however, that the scenes in th...

from librisissimo

Published posthumously from a rough draft, this volume lacks the editorial hand of Laura, and thus the connecting narrative arc characteristic of her work. It does give further information about th...

from satyridae

Unrelievedly depressing and told at some distance further than arm's length. Interesting period detail, but so many sad things happen I can understand why Wilder didn't publish this with the rest o...

from wordygirl39

Rose Wilder Lane (Laura and Almanzo's daughter) cobbled this manuscript together from her mother's notebooks after her death. This is a diary, really, beginning with the wedding we read in These Ha...