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Gr. 5-8. This volume combines three Wilder travel diaries: On the Way Home, recounting the 1894 trip from South Dakota to Missouri, with husband Almanzo and daughter Rose; West from Home, featuring letters written by Laura to Almanzo during her 1915 solo visit to Rose in San Francisco; and The Road Back, highlighting Laura's previously unpublished record of a 1931 trip with Almanzo to De Smet, South Dakota, and the Black Hills. The first two diaries remain essentially unchanged, although West from Home omits the historical setting by Margot Patterson Doss and spreads the period photos throughout the text. Young readers may be surprised that these candid jottings, largely unedited, are not at all like the polished prose in the Little House books. Here Wilder fixates on the cost of goods and services, is quick to criticize, and isn't above telling her husband that his mountain driving is terrible. Despite such surprises, this offers an amazing look at a beloved author, as well as a fascinating account of travel before interstate highways and air-conditioning. Kay Weisman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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“All the charm and interest that have made her Little House books all-time best sellers.” (Publishers Weekly )
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Buy it!, May 23 2006
By Kathryn Miller - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Little House Traveler (Hardcover)
This book contains "On the Way Home" and "West from Home," which I (and most other die-hard fans) already own and have read. However, this book is worth purchasing if only for the never before published "The Road Home." The journal of Laura's trip back to De Smet is a fabulous purchase for anyone who loves all things Laura. In it, she gives her impressions of the towns along the way, as well as her feelings about the people and places of South Dakota. The reader gets a view of the real Laura in this book! Buy it!
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Travels of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mar 3 2006
By Cheryl C. Malandrinos "johnnycat15" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Little House Traveler (Hardcover)
This is a must have for any fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her writings. Part 1 is titled "On The Way Home" and is a compilation of diary entries from Laura, Almanzo, and Rose's journey from DeSmet, SD to Mansfield, MO in 1894."West from Home" begins with an introduction by Roger Lea McBride. The letters and postcards featured in this part are those written by Wilder to her husband Almanzo from San Francisco in 1915 when she traveled to California to visit their daughter Rose Wilder Lane during the Panama-Pacific Internationl Exposition. Both "On the Way Home" and "West from Home" are available as separate titles for purchase.
"A Little House Traveler" adds Wilder's record of Laura and Almanzo's 1931 journey by car back to DeSmet, SD to those previously published travel entries and letters. In Part 3, which is titled "The Road Back" readers will find detailed entries about the price of gas, meals, and lodging while Wilder comments on the conditions of the towns they passed through and how much things had changed since they had moved away. These writings have never before been published. They were drafted after Wilder had finished writing her first book in the now famous Little House series.
"A Little House Traveler" is Laura Ingalls Wilder at her best, using her keen eye to bring the reader into a world that has since gone by.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Good but repeats what many readers already own, Jan 23 2007
By G. Favreau - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Little House Traveler (Hardcover)
This book is a must for all fans that have not yet experienced On the Way Home and West from Home. My only problem is why publish The Road Back with the other books and not separate so fans that have the other two stories can just read The Road Back. I know that it is hand to have all three together in hardcover; the book will last much longer than the paperback version of On the Way Home and West From Home. West from Home is the best part. The letters are descriptive and full of color. This part holds your interest. The historical introduction of West From Home is missing, but it is not needed. It basically states that the city had rebuilt within six years of the earthquake and was ready to hold the fair. On the Way Home is good. Rose Wilder Lane's introduction and conclusion are written from a sophisticated yet childish viewpoint. She talks like herself at the age of 7, when that trip took place. Laura's diary is simple, but full of interesting stories. The Road Back is a long read, with only a couple of highlights. It describes beautifully the Black Hills, and Laura's comments about Manly's driving are interested to read. However, the book to me mentions only slight changes that have occurred since they last saw South Dakota. The part about where they stayed on the way to and back is long. You do get a picture at Grace's delicate health and Carrie is mentioned briefly. In the introduction to the Road Back, there is one historical inaccuracy. Laura has seen South Dakota when she returned in 1902 to visited her dying father and then attended his funeral. It had thus been thirty years for her since she had gone home.
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