| These Happy Golden Years CD Contributor(s): Wilder, Laura Ingalls (Author), Jones, Cherry (Read by) |
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ISBN: 006056508X ISBN-13: 9780060565084 Publisher: HarperFestival OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: For 15-year-old Laura Ingalls, becoming the new teacher at school is a terrifying prospect, but she needs the money to keep Mary in a college for the blind. Things improve, however, when Almanzo Wilder comes a-courtin'. Unabridged. 5 CDs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Little House |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.52" W x 5.46" (0.38 lbs) 6 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - South Dakota - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The eighth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor. Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim shanty twelve miles from home. She is very homesick, but she knows that her earnings can help pay for her sister Mary's tuition at the college for the blind. Only one thing gets her through the lonely weeks--every weekend, Almanzo Wilder arrives at the school to take Laura home for a visit. Friendship soon turns to love for Laura and Almanzo. The nine Little House books are inspired by Laura's own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilder, Laura Ingalls: - Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) was born in a log cabin in the Wisconsin woods. With her family, she pioneered throughout America's heartland during the 1870s and 1880s, finally settling in Dakota Territory. She married Almanzo Wilder in 1885; their only daughter, Rose, was born the following year. The Wilders moved to Rocky Ridge Farm at Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894, where they established a permanent home. After years of farming, Laura wrote the first of her beloved Little House books in 1932. The nine Little House books are international classics. Her writings live on into the twenty-first century as America's quintessential pioneer story. Jones, Cherry: -Cherry Jones won the Tony(R) Award for best actress for both The Heiress and Doubt, and received two Tony(R) nominations for her work in A Moon for the Misbegotten and Our Country's Good; she can be seen in the films The Perfect Storm, Erin Brockovich, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and Cold Mountain. |