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Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder #8
Land of Promise
After devastating events in San Francisco, several Chinese families plan to make Mansfield their new home. Because part of the community views foreigners with contempt, the town is split over the arrival of the Chinese families. Laura hopes a moving Thanksgiving ceremony will bring the town back together and allow the Chinese residents to see Mansfield as the land of promise they hoped it would be.
228 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1992
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Thomas L. Tedrow
32 books13 followersT.L. Tedrow is an author and screenwriter who focuses on family, children's, historical, and Christian themes.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations and Journalism from the University of Florida.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations and Journalism from the University of Florida.
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December 27, 2024
Ok, now that I've finished this series as an adult, here's the overall reaction:
WHAT?
The author inserts a lot of historical issues into this small town of Mansfield, where Laura is *always* at the center of the action: the KKK, religious cults that hill people get sucked into, PTSD-crazed veterans kidnapping Chinese kids, Laura getting shot whilst pregnant in her 40s, racism against Chinese, black, and Irish people, abuse and corruption at the Worlds Fair, women's suffrage debates, riots, jailtime, and drugging suffragettes, kidnapping, country education battles, and the language/slurs used to describe such things are dated at best and narrow-minded and offensive at worst.
Overall, I am glad I re-read so I have an adult working knowledge of them but I will not read again. If this were a random series, unrelated to Laura's so called life, it might have been more enjoyable. But the implausibility of these plot lines ALL intersecting in Mansfield and ALL ending with Laura's triumphant victory is just bizarre. I feel like Tedrow completely missed the point of Laura Ingalls Wilder, and her personality. Laura and Manly didn't "feel" like Laura and Manly in the slightest. This series missed the mark.
P.S. the deceit and shenanigans in the Youngun household really annoyed me throughout the series. The Reverend lets his kids lie and manipulate him and others and always caves before any consequences because he feels bad that their mom died. Which is lamentable but also doesn't mean your kids should lie and hurt and manipulate everyone for their own agendas unrestrained. In this books specifically, I don't think kids in the 19-aughts talked about kissing with touching tongues. That seemed like a suspension of disbelief too far. And the plot twist with Rev. Youngun's fiance was just cruel.
WHAT?
The author inserts a lot of historical issues into this small town of Mansfield, where Laura is *always* at the center of the action: the KKK, religious cults that hill people get sucked into, PTSD-crazed veterans kidnapping Chinese kids, Laura getting shot whilst pregnant in her 40s, racism against Chinese, black, and Irish people, abuse and corruption at the Worlds Fair, women's suffrage debates, riots, jailtime, and drugging suffragettes, kidnapping, country education battles, and the language/slurs used to describe such things are dated at best and narrow-minded and offensive at worst.
Overall, I am glad I re-read so I have an adult working knowledge of them but I will not read again. If this were a random series, unrelated to Laura's so called life, it might have been more enjoyable. But the implausibility of these plot lines ALL intersecting in Mansfield and ALL ending with Laura's triumphant victory is just bizarre. I feel like Tedrow completely missed the point of Laura Ingalls Wilder, and her personality. Laura and Manly didn't "feel" like Laura and Manly in the slightest. This series missed the mark.
P.S. the deceit and shenanigans in the Youngun household really annoyed me throughout the series. The Reverend lets his kids lie and manipulate him and others and always caves before any consequences because he feels bad that their mom died. Which is lamentable but also doesn't mean your kids should lie and hurt and manipulate everyone for their own agendas unrestrained. In this books specifically, I don't think kids in the 19-aughts talked about kissing with touching tongues. That seemed like a suspension of disbelief too far. And the plot twist with Rev. Youngun's fiance was just cruel.
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September 6, 2024
Historical parts of book not true. San Francisco earthquake happened in April 1906, while story in book takes place in the fall after school has started back. One statement said the Youngun boys, being 8-10 years of age, were talking about kissing and touching tongues. Don’t think kids in the early 1900’s would have talked about this. Also mentioned that the Youngun kids “suspected” their father was getting remarried. Previous books indicated the kids KNEW he was getting married. Finally, book has Laura giving birth to a third child, Laurie. Nowhere is it ever mentioned that Laura had another daughter in the course of her history. If one is going to write about a historical fact, especially if they are stating they kept the historical integrity, then they need to stick to the facts! These make believe stories really take away from the history. And just about all the books in this series had typos. Did not care for them at all.
June 5, 2025
It was a very dramatic book. Not as great as some of the others in this series. :(
August 1, 2025
The Youngan's are getting to be pretty tedious, always up to lots of mischief. Laura is still pushing for freedoms for all and women's rights.
October 26, 2014
Well, I just finished the last book in The Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder. It is a great series, filled with America's colorful history. I love how this book focuses on the mixed cultures that America embodies.
The 1906 earthquake of San Francisco is a historical event that I've personally taken an interest in; it was a refreshing surprise to read about it in Tedrow's final volume in this series.
Overall, this is a great set of books and contains Christian values. Although the series isn't really a favorite of mine, they've made a fun series to books to read.
The 1906 earthquake of San Francisco is a historical event that I've personally taken an interest in; it was a refreshing surprise to read about it in Tedrow's final volume in this series.
Overall, this is a great set of books and contains Christian values. Although the series isn't really a favorite of mine, they've made a fun series to books to read.
June 18, 2010
Very good ending to the series. I felt so bad for the reverend though...how horrible to love someone and not be able to be with them because their spouse who you thought was dead has just been found to be alive. :(
December 9, 2013
What a awesome book. I loved it.
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