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Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods (1932)
The autobiographical first novel of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods, was an enormous success, and spawned a series of Little House novels. The series is based on Wilder's experiences growing up in the early 1870s in western Wisconsin as part of a settler family. The books also inspired the long-running television series Little House on the Prairie (1974−1982). In Big Woods, Wilder relates tales from her early years, spending much time addressing the hard work required for survival in the wilderness. As Wilder matured, so did the themes of her later books. Nearly one hundred years after its publication, Big Woods is still taught in elementary schools. |