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Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder was an American writer known for the Little House on the Prairie series of children's novels (1932 to 1943) based on her childhood in a settler family, which were the basis for the television series 'Little House on the Prairie' during the 1970s and early 1980s.

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American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)

Born February 7, 1867
Died February 10, 1957

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Photo of Laura Ingalls Wilder

American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)

Born February 7, 1867
Died February 10, 1957

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Children's fiction Frontier and pioneer life Fiction Frontier and pioneer life, fiction Juvenile fiction Family life, fiction Family life Families Family Wilder, laura ingalls, 1867-1957 American Authors Farm life History Farm life, fiction Girls, fiction Authors, American Biography Christmas, fiction Historical fiction Wisconsin, fiction Authors, american Children's stories Children's stories, American Christmas Juvenile literature

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Wisconsin USA Great Plains South Dakota United States New York (State) Kansas American Midwest Independence Indian territory Kansas Territory Tennessee West (U.S.) 221B Baker Street Alpha Inn Big Woods of Wisconsin Biography British Museum Brixton Covent Garden England Lake Pepin London Malone Minnesota

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Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) Almanzo Wilder Laura Ingalls Wilder Alice Carrie Ingalls Ma Ingalls Mary Ingalls Mr. Edwards Pa Ingalls Alice (Fictitious character from Carroll) Anne Frank (1929-1945) Baker Street Irregulars Bill Breckinridge Caroline Lake Quiner Ingalls Caterpillar Catherine Cusack Christopher Columbus Countess of Morcar Dodo Dormouse Duchess Fish-Footman Frog-Footman Gryphon

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20th century 1869-1870 1870 1860's + 1860s-1870s 1865-1898 1866-1867 1870s 1874-1875 1880-1881 1880-1885 1880s 1881-1882 1882-1885 1885-1889 19th century Late 1800's Meiguo c.1880

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Alternative names

  • Laura I. Wilder
  • Laura Wilder
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