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The Mystery of the Oval Glass Bread Plate
For themselves, they decided to buy a present together, something they could both use and enjoy. After much studying of Montgomery Ward’s catalogue, they chose to get a set of glassware. They needed it for the table and there was such a pretty set advertised, a sugar bowl, spoon-holder, butter dish, six sauce dishes, and
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Letters from Laura
I will be submitting more letters written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, to Beyond Little House in the next few weeks. It is a real treat reading these letters from the Rose Wilder Lane papers at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. The following excerpt is from an
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Laura Ingalls Wilder on the Web
Sometimes I like to comb the Web for what else is out there about Laura Ingalls Wilder. It’s always eye-opening to see just how many lives Laura and her books have touched. And the Internet puts it all at your fingertips. Like this blog post was recently written by children’s history book author, educational book
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The Spirituality of Laura Ingalls Wilder
One of the questions I’ve often been asked by visitors to my website pertains to Laura’s religious beliefs. What did Laura believe about God and spirituality? While this question is impossible to answer in one respect, since Laura is no longer with us to ask, we get a pretty good idea of what Laura’s religious
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Manly Visits the Dentist
I have always loved Almanzo Wilder, he always seemed to be the most realistic true to life character in the Little House series. One of my favorite stories about Manly is from an article written by William Anderson for the Summer 1986 edition of South Dakota History: Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane: The
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