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Laura Ingalls Wilder
American writer, teacher, and journalist (–)
"Laura Ingalls" redirects here. For other persons, see Laura Ingalls (disambiguation).
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, circa | |
| Born | Laura Elizabeth Ingalls ()February 7, Pepin County, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | February 10, () (aged&#;90) Mansfield, Missouri, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Period | – (as a writer) |
| Genre | Diaries, essays, family saga (children'shistorical novels) |
| Subject | Midwestern and Western |
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| Notable awards | Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal est. |
| Spouse | Almanzo Wilder &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
| Children | 2, including Rose Wilder Lane |
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Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, – February 10, ) was an American writer, teacher, and journalist. She is best known as the author of the ch
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Prairie Fires wins the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography
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At a ceremony in New York on March 15, prärie Fireswon the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. Describing the work as “a captivating biography,” NBCC board member Elizabeth Taylor declared, “Laura Ingalls Wilder endures, and now future generations can read Fraser’s marvelous biography and understand her vision of how Ingalls dreams of the frontier. Caroline Fraser has brilliantly recast our understanding of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life and times, and affirmed her influence in shaping the myth of the iconic West.”
And on March 27, the Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announced that Prairie Fires was the finalist for the Mark Lynton History Prize for a book “that best combines intellectual distinction with felicity of express
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Laura Ingalls Wilder | Wisconsin Historical Society
Historical Essay
Laura Ingalls Wilder | Wisconsin Historical Society
Laura Ingalls Wilder
A black and white portrait of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Starting with only a modest plan to write a single volume about her life called "When Grandma was a Little Girl", Laura Ingalls Wilder () went on to write eight books based on her pioneer childhood in the late 19th century. Despite publishing her first book at age 65, Wilder's ability to communicate her story from the perspective of a child brought her tremendous success that continues to appeal to children and adults.
Born in Pepin, Wisconsin, in February of , Laura Elizabeth Ingalls was the second daughter of Caroline Quiner and Charles Philip Ingalls. Wilder spent her early years constantly on the move. Her father dreamed of going further west to explore and settle unknown territory. The Ingalls left Pepin for Kansas in but returned two years later. Laura's home in Pepin beca