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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
"On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield" is mostly journal entries made by Laura Ingalls Wilder during a move from Dakota to Missouri. Her daughter Rose fills in some of her own recollections from the cross-country move. The entries aren't particularly interesting -- they mostly focus on the cost of land in different areas, the status of crops and the temperatures. Not really necessary to read this tome as part of the series.
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This was an interesting book, filling in a gap in Laura Ingalls Wilder's life. I thought it was interesting that most of the story seemed to be from Rose Wilder Lane (her daughter's) perspective, although since this book was published after Laura's death it makes sense. It also clarified some of what was fiction and what was fact in the Little House on Rocky Ridge series.
I thought I was done with the LHOTP series. I’ve read all of the original series of books, more times than I can count, and watched the TV show more times than I can remember. Then I discovered the biographies of some of the stars, like Charlotte Stewart, Melissa Gilbert, Alison Arngrim and Melissa Sue Anderson. Then I discovered the Caroline Ingalls spin off series, which led me to the Rose Wilder spin off series.
And here we are. Yet again, I’ve fallen down the Little House hole. The question is, do you need this book? Yes, it’s cheap enough, but I would have to say it’s not necessary, unless you’re a severe completist. Most of this is already covered in Little House on Rocky Ridge, which is the first in the Rose spin off series.
This book is from Laura’s diaries of the journey from their home in South Dakota to Missouri, in 1894. A journey that at that point was taken by wagon. The diary entries are bookended by Rose’s musings - most of which is deja vu from the Rocky Ridge book. The diary entries start on page 19, and abruptly stop on page 81, with Rose’s (lengthy) outro saying that this is where her mother’s diary entries ended.
The book has some black and white photos sprinkled throughout. You have the standard Laura and Almanzo photos, but there are also photos taken of towns where they spent time on their journey, and from Rocky Ridge farm, which I hadn’t seen before.
There is another book, which I’ve only just realised (because I haven’t read it yet), that also features the diary that Laura kept from that journey, plus two other journeys that she also took, in A Little House Traveler. So this book probably isn’t necessary at all, if you already have that.
I would say pick up, if you haven’t read Rocky Ridge or A Little House Traveller. Otherwise, it’s just a cash in, with a different cover, meant to lure suckers like me, in.
And here we are. Yet again, I’ve fallen down the Little House hole. The question is, do you need this book? Yes, it’s cheap enough, but I would have to say it’s not necessary, unless you’re a severe completist. Most of this is already covered in Little House on Rocky Ridge, which is the first in the Rose spin off series.
This book is from Laura’s diaries of the journey from their home in South Dakota to Missouri, in 1894. A journey that at that point was taken by wagon. The diary entries are bookended by Rose’s musings - most of which is deja vu from the Rocky Ridge book. The diary entries start on page 19, and abruptly stop on page 81, with Rose’s (lengthy) outro saying that this is where her mother’s diary entries ended.
The book has some black and white photos sprinkled throughout. You have the standard Laura and Almanzo photos, but there are also photos taken of towns where they spent time on their journey, and from Rocky Ridge farm, which I hadn’t seen before.
There is another book, which I’ve only just realised (because I haven’t read it yet), that also features the diary that Laura kept from that journey, plus two other journeys that she also took, in A Little House Traveler. So this book probably isn’t necessary at all, if you already have that.
I would say pick up, if you haven’t read Rocky Ridge or A Little House Traveller. Otherwise, it’s just a cash in, with a different cover, meant to lure suckers like me, in.
This isn't a story like the other "Little House" books are. It's a diary kept by Laura Ingalls Wilder as she and Almanzo, and their daughter Rose traveled from De Smet, South Dakota, to Mansfield Missouri in the 1890's. It's interesting but doesn't have very much in the way of an exciting plot. It does contain the brief saga of the missing $100 in the writing desk that went missing on the trip. The whole book was about 106 pages, so this was a quick read for me.
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informative
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This short book has really two sections: 60 pages is Laura's diary and the rest is recollection by Rose to flush out what was not explained in the diary. The diary entries are mostly filled with observations of what type of farmland, the towns they passed through and how many other wagons they saw on their six week journey. There just is not the great story telling that made Laura famous. Her daughter Rose provides 28 pages of background to fill in the gap since Laura's last book and to finish what happened after they settled in Mansfield. I'd recommend this book only to the most devoted Laura Ingalls Wilder fans or anyone that enjoys details about pioneer life.
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lighthearted
fast-paced
adventurous
informative
relaxing
fast-paced
Must read for fans of the little House series