Reminiscing Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder. An American. Little House series.

My favorite novels when I was a kid. Who is this Laura Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957)? Here I quote an excerpt from http://frodo.marshall.edu/~irby1/laura/frames.html

Laura's daughter, Rose, became a famous writer in the early 1900s. Rose recalled the stories her mother had told her during her growing-up years, and thought that other children would be as interested in those pioneer stories as she was. She encouraged her mother to write down the stories, and Laura did. The first manuscript of what would eventually become the "Little House" books was called Pioneer Girl, and told of Laura's entire childhood, until she married Almanzo Wilder. This manuscript was rejected by editors, and has never been published.

I had to admit, though, that the part when Laura first met Almanzo encaptured my heart the most. I read and re-read These Happy Golden Years .

Another interesting side of Laura's life is that she was a teacher, who in between teaching at rural schools attended school herself in De Smet.

Note to self: will read the novels again. Haha.