Little Town on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.
Read Time: ~4.8 hr
By the Shores of Silver Lake
by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1971)
About this book
The Ingalls family had fared badly in Plum Creek, Minnesota. They were in debt. Mary was blind now. So Pa went West to work at a railroad camp in Dakota Territory where he could make as much as fifty dollars a month! Then he sent for his wife and four children, and they became the first settlers in the new town of De Smet. But the railroad brought hordes of land-hungry people from the East. Had Pa waited too long to file his homestead claim? - Back cover.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreBy the Shores of Silver Lake Lead Character
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