Writings and Works

All writings, published or unpublished, by or about Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House series
The Long Winter, Chapter 13: We’ll Weather the Blast!
Guest post by Susan Barton Malphurs
Another bone-chilling sunrise, more ravaging winds with “wild voices,” yet Pa sings. He calls to Caroline that he is headed to the barn, but the fires are going. Ma advises the girls to remain in bed until the house is warmer. Laura can’t rest. The howl
Long Winter Chapter 12: Alone
I have to restrain myself from starting this post in my finest Dickensian style: “Alone: In which the family begins to speculate about how MUCH trouble they’re in, and how truly dire this winter will be.”
We open this chapter with Laura and Mary working on their needlework projects in the sunny front room of the
The Long Winter, Chapter 11: Pa Goes to Volga
Pa rolls the old chariot along, and Mr. Edwards slips Mary a cool twenty.
The Long Winter, Ch. 10: Three Days’ Blizzard
Almanzo makes pancakes, thinks about protecting his seed wheat, and recalls how he said “You can put me down as 21.”
The Long Winter, Chapter 9: Cap Garland
Remember when Laura and Carrie got stuck in the blizzard on the way home from school and Cap walked off into the swirling snow?
Fun in Mankato and Walnut Grove
Oh, I’m so excited. We’ve got some details to add about the Walnut Grove field trip and activities in Mankato this summer during LauraPalooza.
First, two Walnut Grove natives, Denise Tietz and Catherine DeBates, are public relations students in my department at MSU. They’ve taken on the task of organizing activities for those who want to















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