These Happy Golden Years
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The eighth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor-now available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williams's classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.
Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim shanty twelve miles from home. She is very homesick, but she knows that her earnings can help pay for her sister Mary's tuition at the college for the blind. Only one thing gets her through the lonely weeks-every weekend, Almanzo Wilder arrives at the school to take Laura home for a visit. Friendship soon turns to love for Laura and Almanzo.
The nine Little House books are inspired by Laura's own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.
What happens when a fifteen-year-old schoolteacher finds herself courted by a handsome young homesteader?
- Pioneer Romance: Follow Laura and Almanzo's courtship, from his weekly sleigh rides to their buggy drives across the prairie.
- First Schoolteacher Job: At fifteen, Laura leaves home to teach in a one-room schoolhouse, facing challenges and discovering her own strength.
- Heartwarming Family Story: Laura's devotion shines as her teaching salary helps pay for her blind sister Mary's college education.
- American Pioneer Life: A beloved, firsthand account of homesteading, community, and growing up on the American frontier.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867?1957) was born in a log cabin in the Wisconsin woods. With her family, she pioneered throughout America's heartland during the 1870s and 1880s, finally settling in Dakota Territory. She married Almanzo Wilder in 1885; their only daughter, Rose, was born the following year. The Wilders moved to Rocky Ridge Farm at Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894, where they established a permanent home. After years of farming, Laura wrote the first of her beloved Little House books in 1932. The nine Little House books are international classics. Her writings live on into the twenty-first century as America's quintessential pioneer story.
