Little House On The Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

(Pa) would come in from his tramp to his traps, with (icicles) on the ends of his whiskers, hang his gun over the door, throw off his coat and cap and mittens and call “Where’s my little half pint of cider half drank up?” That was me because I was so small. Wilder to give her work more credibility among male readers. At this time, she began using the androgynous pseudonym A. She used these connections and her own farming experience to begin writing columns for the Missouri Ruralist and, later, McCall's magazine and The Country Gentleman.

Meanwhile, she was also serving as secretary-treasurer of the Mansfield Farm Loan Association. In her 40s at the time, she drew on her considerable expertise in raising Leghorn hens. Wilder for her first paid writing job in 1910, which was as the poultry columnist for the St. Having married Almanzo “Manly” Wilder in 1885, she used the byline Mrs. She got her start writing about her farming experienceĪlthough her Little House books are now considered classics, Wilder’s literary career has its roots in a chicken coop. Yet without the help of her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, the series may never have reached a wide audience. Wilder was 76 years old when she finished the final book in her Little House series. It told the story of her early childhood years in Wisconsin and was a huge hit with readers. In 1932, at the age of 65, Wilder published the first of her eight Little House books, Little House in the Big Woods. Her lively retelling of experiences from her childhood in the historical fiction series helped shape the popular idea of the American frontier. Well before fans began tuning in for their weekly fix of Ma, Pa, Mary, Half-Pint, Carrie and their Walnut Grove neighbors (Nellie Oleson, give us a smirk!), the books on which the series was based had made Laura Ingalls Wilder one of the most influential children’s authors in American history.

Little House On The Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder