Wilder, Laura Ingalls, House - View this location on map From 1896 to 1957, this was the home of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), famous author of the LITTLE HOUSE SERIES. These books, considered international classics by specialists in children's literature, tell of Wilder's life on the frontier as her family homesteaded in Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, and South Dakota and illustrate the struggles and hardships as well as the joys of pioneer life encounter by Laura as a young girl between the ages of five and eighteen (1872-1885). Wilder began writing at the age of 65; her books have been translated into 26 languages. Missouri Historical, Kids, Cultural

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