The First Four Years - Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Title: The First Four Years
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Genre: Classics
Rating: 2.5/5
# pages: 160
Date read: August, 2012

Laura Ingalls Wilder is beginning life with her new husband, Almanzo, in their own little house. Laura is a young pioneer wife now, and must work hard with Almanzo, farming the land around their home on the South Dakota prairie. Soon their baby daughter, Rose, is born, and the young family must face the hardships and triumphs encountered by so many American pioneers.

By far the weakest of all Laura books, and a book that leads credence to the theory that Rose Wilder edited all of Laura's other books, because the writing style is so vastly different from the rest of the series.

I enjoyed learning what happened after Laura and Almanzo got married, but was sad to see that they started out their marriage with such hardship! Every year just seemed to be worse than the one preceding it. Whereas the rest of the series are lovely comfort books, this one definitely isn't.

Comments

[jaydestarlight.livejournal.com]

Sucks to hear how weak this book was in comparison to the others. I really loved Laura Ingalls Wilder as a child, though!!

[bogormen.livejournal.com]

To be fair, the manuscript was found after the death of both her and Rose, so neither had the time to review and edit it.