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 Wilder, Laura Ingalls
9. There were nine books in the 'Little House' series starting with 'The Little House in the Big Woods', and concluding with 'The First Four Years'.
February 7, 1867. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls (Wilder) was born February 7, 1867, in a log cabin in the forests, surrounding Pepin,Wisconsin. Mary Ingalls was born in 1866, Carrie Ingalls (Swanzey) was born on August 6, 1870 and Grace Ingalls (Dow) was born in 1877.
True . Charles Fredrick Ingalls was born on November 1, 1875. He died at age nine months on August 2, 1876.
1885. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls and Almanzo James Wilder were married in the town of DeSmet, on August 25, 1885 by Rev. Edward Brown. They remained together for sixty-four years until Almanzo's death on the 23rd of October 1949.
Bess. Laura was called 'Bess' by Almanzo. She used the nickname to distinguish herself from Almanzo's older sister Laura Wilder. The nickame was derived from her middle name Elizabeth. In the television programme however he called her 'Beth'.
Mansfield. Their home was called 'Rocky Ridge Farm'. The home is preserved as 'The Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum of Mansfield'.
65. Many of the tales that appear in the 'Little House' books had been published as short stories in various magazines. But, Laura didn't offically start the 'Little House' books until she was sixty-five years old. She only did this upon the request and encouragement of her daughter, Rose. Laura was doubtful anyone would want to read them. Thankfully Rose convinced her otherwise.
False . Grace and Carrie were alive to see the books published. Pa (Charles) Ingalls died in 1902. Ma (Caroline) Ingalls died in 1924. Mary Ingalls died in 1928 while visiting sister Carrie. Grace Ingalls Dow died in 1941. Carrie Ingalls Swanzey lived to read eight of the nine books before her death in 1946, leaving Laura as the sole surviving member of her family.
1957. Laura died three days after her ninetieth birthday on February 10, 1957. Rose Wilder Lane died on October 30, 1968.
Wisconsin. This was the setting for 'Little House in the Big Woods'
Charles. Laura's Pa was Charles Ingalls, her Ma was Caroline Quiner Ingalls.
Grace. Grace was the baby of the family who became lost on the prairie in 'By the Shores of Silver Lake'. Laura found her in what she thought was a fairy ring, in reality it was a buffalo wallow.
Scarlet Fever. Mary was able to go to a college for the blind in Iowa, with Laura's wages as a teacher helping to pay her tuition.
| Why did the family have to leave their home in the book 'Little House on the Prairie'? | Laura Ingalls Wilder
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The government decided not to open it up for white settlement, it belonged to the Indians.. Their house was three miles over the line in Indian Territory.
Minnesota. Their first home was a sod dugout on the banks of Plum Creek. They later moved to a wood house, but Pa had trouble paying for it because of a plague of grasshoppers.
15. The legal requirement was 16, but the examiner didn't ask and Laura didn't volunteer the information. She needed the money to help pay Mary's college tuition.
| Who came and got Laura every weekend and took her home during her first teaching job? | Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Almanzo. Laura told Almanzo Wilder that she appreciated him fetching her home, but she wouldn't go out with him when her job was over. She did, though, and later married him.
| What special present did Santa leave in Laura's stocking at Christmas in 'Little House in the Big Woods'? | Laura Ingalls Wilder
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A rag doll. She named the doll Charlotte. It replaced her previous 'doll' which was really only a corncob.
Rose. Rose Wilder Lane became a famous novelist and journalist in her own right. She was sent to cover the Vietnam War...at age 78!
Manly and Bess. It was traditional in Almanzo's family to have one boy of the generation with that name. Laura's middle name was Elizabeth.
| Where did Laura and Almanzo finally settle and live for the rest of their lives? | Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Mansfield, Missouri. The 'Land of the Big Red Apple'. You can visit the Laura Ingalls Wilder homestead and museum just outside of Mansfield and see Pa's fiddle, Laura's jewelry box, and many of their other treasures.
Jack. Sam and David were the Christmas horses from 'On the Banks of Plum Creek'. Jack faithfully followed the family from Wisconsin to Kansas to Minnesota, and died of old age before they left for South Dakota.
| What did Mr. Edwards leave for Mary after he visited the family in South Dakota? | Laura Ingalls Wilder
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A twenty dollar bill. Mr. Edwards put it in her lap and no one noticed until she stood up after he left. It was quite a lot of money, but they couldn't return it...he had already left. They never saw him again.
Eliza Jane. 'We laugh until we have a pain, at Lazy, Lousy, Lizy Jane!' wrote Laura. (Needless to say, she didn't care for her as a teacher!
trouble with mice. Pa caught a mouse chewing off his hair for a nest. They got the kitten before its eyes were open, but soon it could even fight off the biggest dogs in town, and only a new dog could be set on Kitty.
Black Susan. They left Black Susan in Wisconsin, where she continued to live in the little house they abandoned even after it had been turned into a corn crib.
his pumpkin. It was a milk-fed pumpkin.
| Who was Laura's nemesis in 'On the Banks of Plum Creek' and later, in 'Little Town on the Prairie'? | Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Nellie Oleson . Laura got her revenge: first when they were little, Laura made Nellie swim in an area where she got covered in leaches. Later, all Nellie wanted was to ride with Almanzo, but Laura got to first.
With a blacksnake whip. The older boys from Hardscrabble Hill thought it was great fun to beat up the teacher, and had even killed one of them. But Almanzo's teacher used a blacksnake whip on the leader, and they never bothered him again.
He didn't like Rose.. They got another dog later, Nero, who thought it was his duty to watch over and protect baby Rose.
| Who went into the countryside to find wheat for the starving people in 'The Long Winter'? | Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Almanzo Wilder and Cap Garland. They nearly got caught in a blizzard, but they got the wheat and the townspeople were saved from certain starvation.
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