Early journeys -- Grasshoppers and a new baby brother -- A terrible illness -- A train trip and a life on the prairie -- Married life -- A budding writer, and Rose leaves home -- Building the dream house -- The Little house books.
Bibliog.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
A narrative portrait of the author of the Little House series details her real life as a young pioneer traveling west with her family and homesteading on new territories, revealing how her actual life differed from the adventures in her books.