The Long, Hard Winter of 1880-81: What was it Really Like? by Dan L. White, 156 pages

Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic novel The Long Winter tells the riveting story of the winter of 1880-81. She wrote of three day blizzards, forty ton trains stuck in the snow, houses buried in snowdrifts and a town that nearly starved.

Was Laura's story just fiction, or was that one winter stranger than fiction? Was that winter really that bad, or was it just a typical old time winter stretched a bit to make a good tale?

Author Dan L. White examines the reality of the long, hard winter. White uses contemporary newspaper articles, autobiographies and historical accounts of those who lived through that time to weave a fascinating story of the incredible winter of 1880-81.Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic novel The Long Winter tells the riveting story of the winter of 1880-81. She wrote of three day blizzards, forty ton trains stuck in the snow, houses buried in snowdrifts and a town that nearly starved.

Was Laura's story just fiction, or was that one winter stranger than fiction? Was that winter really that bad, or was it just a typical old time winter stretched a bit to make a good tale?

Author Dan L. White examines the reality of the long, hard winter. White uses contemporary newspaper articles, autobiographies and historical accounts of those who lived through that time to weave a fascinating story of the incredible winter of 1880-81.Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic novel The Long Winter tells the riveting story of the winter of 1880-81. She wrote of three day blizzards, forty ton trains stuck in the snow, houses buried in snowdrifts and a town that nearly starved.

Was Laura's story just fiction, or was that one winter stranger than fiction? Was that winter really that bad, or was it just a typical old time winter stretched a bit to make a good tale?

Author Dan L. White examines the reality of the long, hard winter. White uses contemporary newspaper articles, autobiographies and historical accounts of those who lived through that time to weave a fascinating story of the incredible winter of 1880-81.Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic novel The Long Winter tells the riveting story of the winter of 1880-81. She wrote of three day blizzards, forty ton trains stuck in the snow, houses buried in snowdrifts and a town that nearly starved.

Was Laura's story just fiction, or was that one winter stranger than fiction? Was that winter really that bad, or was it just a typical old time winter stretched a bit to make a good tale?

Author Dan L. White examines the reality of the long, hard winter. White uses contemporary newspaper articles, autobiographies and historical accounts of those who lived through that time to weave a fascinating story of the incredible winter of 1880-81.

Reading Along With Laura Ingalls in the Big Wisconsin Woods by Dan. L. White, 169 pages

Little House in the Big Woods fans can now enjoy that beloved story a little more.

Reading along with Laura Ingalls in the Big Wisconsin Woods delves a little deeper into Pa’s stories about panthers and bears and honey bee trees, the dance at Grandpa’s house, going into the town of Pepin, and the other goings-on in Laura’s book.

Read along and discover how Laura wrote her book and how the times were, in and beyond the Ingalls’ cabin. Most of all, you can join in the warmth and wonderful family life that is tenderly talked about in Laura’s book and in this book.

A Wilder Rose by Susan Wittig Albert, 455 pages

A fictionalized look at the story behind The Little House on the Prairie books, and the mother/daughter relationship between Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane who was the driving force behind the books. As a fan of the books, this was a really interesting look at the often strained relationship between the two women.