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The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
3.0

We finally finished the last of the Little House books, The First Four Years. It was by far the shortest and, I think, the most depressing of the series. Laura and "Manly" had setback after setback, entire years' worth of crops lost to early frost or drought, the death of their newborn baby boy, a house fire in which they lost almost everything, it was such a heart-breaking note to end on. Laura left us with a hopeful reminder of their love of the land and her smiling as Manly sang a cheery song, but it definitely emphasized the harshness of life on the frontier.

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