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This Week in the West: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House Author’s Version of Pioneer Life
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🎙️ Episode 67: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House Author’s Version of Pioneer Life
📢 Episode Summary: This episode of This Week in The West explores the life and legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose Little House books shaped how generations of Americans imagine frontier life. Born in 1867, Wilder grew up in a constantly moving pioneer family that faced illegal settlement on Native land, brutal winters, crop failures, disease and near-constant financial instability. Far from a romantic adventure, her childhood was marked by hardship, early labor and survival on the…
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