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After securing a teaching position in her hometown of Concord, Wisconsin, three‑teen Caroline Quiner fulfills a lifelong ambition. In the same year, 1857, she meets Charles Ingalls, a single farmer determined to venture west. Their meeting sparks a courtship that intertwines their aspirations and lays the foundation for the next generation of the Wilder family.
The narrative centers on early life on a small farm, the pursuit of education, and the challenges of rural life in mid‑19th‑century America. It highlights the significance of community, family values, and the beginnings of a future that will shape children's literature through the later stories of their daughter, Laura Ingalls Wilder.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Celia Wilkins
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