

They were living above stores and - it just was not a good time in their lives. They didn't have a home of their own for the most part. Lauras home in Pepin became the setting for her first book, Little House in the. The author of these stories, Laura Ingalls Wilder, based the bestselling Little House series on her childhood and the simple joys and upheavals of the pioneer life alongside her family: Pa. "I think that time in Iowa was a time when the family was at a very low ebb financially. The Ingalls left Pepin for Kansas in 1869 but returned two years later. Just like the characters in her stories, Laura and her family traveled by covered wagon across the Midwest and experienced many of the same adventures.

She wrote the Little House books based on her own experiences growing up on the Western frontier. There's also the story of a drunk man who took a slug of whiskey, lit a cigar and lit himself on fire. Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in the Wisconsin woods in 1867. So it was - I would suppose you'd say - a near miss." In one instance, Wilder was caring for a woman and found herself in a "compromised position" with the woman's husband, Koupal says: "The young man was drunk and came into her bedroom, and she challenged him and he left. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Pioneer Girl Subtitle The Annotated Autobiography Author Laura Ingalls Wilder and Pamela Smith Hill
