Little House on the Prairie and Laura Ingalls Wilder

Walnut Grove, Minnesota

It's a series of fiction books based on a real-life story about the young Ingalls family, who were traversing the prairie as they raised their family. They were seeking opportunity and adventure at a time when Americans were exploring, inhabiting and settling the expansive American landscape. The books (and TV show) captured the imaginations of many children who were fascinated by the adventures of the family as told by inqutive and wide-eyed Laura Ingalls. As someone who grew up in this same landscape in Minnesota, I was inspired to connect their story to my own family's pioneer roots as homesteaders and farmers in the late 1800s. American icon, indeed.

Karleen