Little House Country: A Photo Guide to the Home Sites of Laura Ingalls Wilder

by William Anderson (Text), Leslie A. Kelly (Photographer)

Little House Country: A Photo Guide to the Home Sites of Laura Ingalls Wilder (First printing, 1989; updated and reprinted June 2000, fourth printing), with text by William Anderson, color photography by Leslie A. Kelly. More than 100 color and 15 historic photos and paintings tell the story of the Ingallses travels and show their home sites about which Laura wrote her famous books. "The Wilder Trail" begins at Pepin, Wisconsin (Little House in the Big Woods), treks south to Independence, Kansas (Little House on the Prairie), heads north to Walnut Grove, Minnesota (On the Banks of Plum Creek) and further west to De Smet, South Dakota (Little Town on the Prairie). Other restored sites include the Masters Hotel at Burr Oak, Iowa, where the Ingallses lived in 1876 and the Almanzo Wilder Home (Farmer Boy).

Genres: Nonfiction, History

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

William Anderson is an American author, historian and lecturer. He is a specialist in the subject of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her times.

His interest in American frontier began after reading Little House on the Prairie. He is a director of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum in Mansfield, Missouri, and he lives and works as a teacher in Michigan.

Librarian’s note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Reviews

[Sheri · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice photographic tour of Laura Ingalls Wilder's homes. Great way to see the sites if you can't get there in person or to prepare for an upcoming trip.

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a picture book of various sites of interest related to Laura Ingalls Wilder. It is like a souvenir type of book that you can get from going to any one of these Laura Ingalls Wilder historic sites, or at least their gift shop. It has pictures of Laura and Almanzo, and Ma and Pa Wilder. Lots of pictures of the various houses that they all lived in at various points. Pictures of Plum Creek and the dugout house and their furniture and all sorts of things. This is a good book if you would like to see the other places, and like me, know that you will probably never get to see them all. It's good for all ages. I really liked it!

[Ellen H · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed looking at the pictures, but feel sad because I have always wanted to take the trip to all the Little House sites but now feel as if I never will, since I have determined to myself that I will never go to any state that treats women as second class citizens who cannot make their own decisions. Ergo, S. Dakota is definitely out (as is Missouri, but I probably wouldn't have gone to Rocky Ridge anyway). Sigh.

[Sandy Carmichael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Been to nearly all the places mentioned. Enjoy revisiting them thru this book.

[Whitney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great overview of the home sites of Laura Ingalls Wilder!

[Carolyn Beaugrand · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Little House series has always been a favorite, so it comes as no surprise the I've always wanted to visit her home sites. After reading this book, I will visit two of them this year with my mother.

[Melissa Wells · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED the photos in this book, SO awesome!