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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
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Picking up a few years after the ending of The First Four Years, On the Way Home is told from Rose Wilder Lane and Laura Ingall's Wilder's memories and diary entries of their 650 mile journey from De Smet, South Dakota to Mansfield Missouri.
Rose recalls memories from her eight year old self saying good-bye to her Grandpa and Grandma Ingalls, Aunts Mary, Carrie, and Grace, and joining her parents in a full wagon of goods and another emigrating family, the Cooleys for the long camping adventure south.
Much of this novella are Laura's brief daily diary entries of what she saw and where they stopped. As a farmer's wife and daughter she noted the farming conditions, crops, weather, and price of farm-grown products along the way. She noted the many other emigrant families coming and going looking for a new chance and she noted the immigrant settlers who they met along the way- Germans, Russians, and more. Camp living was often noted and her opinions of the lands she saw.
On the Way Home is interesting to read after a recent re-read of the Little House books. Those feel so warm and hopeful on every line. A different voice almost compared to a more stark reality that hit Laura, Almanzo and Rose as they were forced to start over. Rose remembers her as sharp tongued and serious for the trip and only sees her mother whistle and sing as they found what they were looking for in the end after one dreadful situation. Folks have always mentioned that one really does need to read beyond the Little House books for a fuller picture of Laura Ingalls Wilder's life and I could see that in this one and plan to do so.
Recommend for a view at the emigrant experience in the American heartlands.
Rose recalls memories from her eight year old self saying good-bye to her Grandpa and Grandma Ingalls, Aunts Mary, Carrie, and Grace, and joining her parents in a full wagon of goods and another emigrating family, the Cooleys for the long camping adventure south.
Much of this novella are Laura's brief daily diary entries of what she saw and where they stopped. As a farmer's wife and daughter she noted the farming conditions, crops, weather, and price of farm-grown products along the way. She noted the many other emigrant families coming and going looking for a new chance and she noted the immigrant settlers who they met along the way- Germans, Russians, and more. Camp living was often noted and her opinions of the lands she saw.
On the Way Home is interesting to read after a recent re-read of the Little House books. Those feel so warm and hopeful on every line. A different voice almost compared to a more stark reality that hit Laura, Almanzo and Rose as they were forced to start over. Rose remembers her as sharp tongued and serious for the trip and only sees her mother whistle and sing as they found what they were looking for in the end after one dreadful situation. Folks have always mentioned that one really does need to read beyond the Little House books for a fuller picture of Laura Ingalls Wilder's life and I could see that in this one and plan to do so.
Recommend for a view at the emigrant experience in the American heartlands.
OMG - how is it I never knew this book existed??!?!?!???!?!??
This is a diary of Laura's, which details their move from South Dakota to Missouri, where the Wilders finally settled and stayed. Her daughter Rose wrote an introduction and a conclusion and some explanatory footnotes, but otherwise the words are all Laura's. It's short and quick, and not too much happens - but it's a fascinating peek at travel in the midsection of the U.S. in 1894. This is strictly for the Laura Ingalls Wilder obsessives among us, or those who are fascinated by pioneers or the Great Plains in the latter 19th century.
This is a diary of Laura's, which details their move from South Dakota to Missouri, where the Wilders finally settled and stayed. Her daughter Rose wrote an introduction and a conclusion and some explanatory footnotes, but otherwise the words are all Laura's. It's short and quick, and not too much happens - but it's a fascinating peek at travel in the midsection of the U.S. in 1894. This is strictly for the Laura Ingalls Wilder obsessives among us, or those who are fascinated by pioneers or the Great Plains in the latter 19th century.
What a treat to read the diary of Laura Ingalls Wilder that she kept during one of her many travels. To read the personal accounts made me feel as if I was right there on the journey with her and her family.
adventurous
informative
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A very interesting account of the Wilder’s move to Missouri and the people and places of that trip.
Book 31 “Little House in the Big Woods”
32 “Farmer Boy”
33 “Little House on the Prairie”
34 “On the Banks of Plum Creek”
35 “By the Shores of Silver Lake”
36 “The Long Winter”
37 “Little Town on the Prairie”
38 “These Happy Golden Years”
39 “The First Four Years”
40 “On the Way Home” of 2022 by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane
I read these books as a child. I am so glad I have reread them now. As an adult and mother, I am able to appreciate Laura differently. I found myself enjoying her character (with ups and downs) more as a young child than after her sister Mary became blind. After this event, Laura becomes solely focused on doing everything to help Mary in some way. I find myself sad that I don’t find Laura wanting to do anything for herself, but constantly focusing on Mary, and later Almanzo, and finally Rose.
32 “Farmer Boy”
33 “Little House on the Prairie”
34 “On the Banks of Plum Creek”
35 “By the Shores of Silver Lake”
36 “The Long Winter”
37 “Little Town on the Prairie”
38 “These Happy Golden Years”
39 “The First Four Years”
40 “On the Way Home” of 2022 by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane
I read these books as a child. I am so glad I have reread them now. As an adult and mother, I am able to appreciate Laura differently. I found myself enjoying her character (with ups and downs) more as a young child than after her sister Mary became blind. After this event, Laura becomes solely focused on doing everything to help Mary in some way. I find myself sad that I don’t find Laura wanting to do anything for herself, but constantly focusing on Mary, and later Almanzo, and finally Rose.
medium-paced
This really is a diary set amid a brief thing by Rose. So, as one would expect from a diary of someone on the road, it's about the weather, the price of land, condition of crops, what they can get at each town they pass through, and the people they meet along the way. Still, kind of interesting if you're at all interested in that. The pictures in the version I read were neat too.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
It was a struggeling to read this book. It was written totally different then the other books in the series. It was harsh and boring and not much as a story.
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fast-paced