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West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 1915 journey, told in letters home

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Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 1915 journey, told in letters home

Gathered from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s letters to her husband, this volume records her 1915 trip from Missouri to San Francisco to visit their daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. The correspondence places a familiar Little House author in a different setting: rail travel, city sights, and the practical reality of leaving a farm behind while Almanzo remained at home. Presented as a firsthand account, the book offers a window onto early-twentieth-century travel and family life through Wilder’s observations, with 24 pages of photographs adding historical context.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers studying everyday life and travel in the early 1900s
  • Fans interested in Laura Ingalls Wilder beyond the Little House novels
  • Classroom or homeschool projects using letters and photographs as historical sources

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Early-twentieth-century travelFamily correspondenceLaura Ingalls WilderHistorical photographsAmerican daily life

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This fascinating firsthand account of life and travel in the early twentieth century includes 24 pages of photographs.

"It is like a fairyland." So Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the beloved Little House series, described her 1915 voyage to San Francisco to visit her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. Laura's husband, Almanzo, was unable to leave their Missouri farm; her faithful letters home, vividly describing every detail of her journey, have been gathered here.

Perfect for supplementary classroom or homeschool research.

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