Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder
Publisher: HarperCollins
Binding: Paperback
These nine books tell the story of Laura Ingalls Wilder who, with her family, was among the early pioneers of the American west. (True stories, written in a fictional format). Laura traveled with her family by covered wagon through Kansas, Minnesota and finally the Dakota Territory. By no means only for children, these wonderfully written and illustrated stories give a sense of what life really was like for American pioneers. They concretize the values of independence and individualism as few other books do. (Warning: these books bear little resemblance to the sappy, inauthentic television series of the same name).