Pioneer families left the comforts on America’s East Coast to face danger, hardship, and disease out west. Perhaps one of the greatest literary portraits of the challenging yet inspiring lives of those who settled America’s prairies is a series of books based on the real experiences of a woman who lived through it.
Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) wrote a series of children’s books, “Little House on the Prairie,” based on her childhood experiences.
