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''Little House on the Prairie'' is an autobiographical children's novel by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder Laura Ingalls Wilder], distributed in 1935. It was the third novel distributed in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_House_series Little House series], continuing the first series ''Little House in the Big Woods'', released in 1932, but not related to the second.<ref name=wiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_(novel)</ref> The story is about a family of five who moves to Kansas during the western settlement that drove away many American Indians from their land.
 
''Little House on the Prairie'' is an autobiographical children's novel by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder Laura Ingalls Wilder], distributed in 1935. It was the third novel distributed in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_House_series Little House series], continuing the first series ''Little House in the Big Woods'', released in 1932, but not related to the second.<ref name=wiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_(novel)</ref> The story is about a family of five who moves to Kansas during the western settlement that drove away many American Indians from their land.
  
The “Little House” books were born of desperation. By the time Laura was in her sixties, her family had lost almost everything in the Great Depression. The success of her books exacerbated an already fraught mother-daughter relationship — Rose grew up to become a famous writer and worked with her mother on the “Little House” series.<ref name=nypost>https://nypost.com/2018/08/07/the-real-story-behind-the-little-house-on-the-prairie-controversy/<ref>
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The “Little House” books were born of desperation. By the time Laura was in her sixties, her family had lost almost everything in the Great Depression. The success of her books exacerbated an already fraught mother-daughter relationship — Rose grew up to become a famous writer and worked with her mother on the “Little House” series.<ref name=nypost>https://nypost.com/2018/08/07/the-real-story-behind-the-little-house-on-the-prairie-controversy/</ref>
  
 
== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
The novel is about the Ingalls family who spent months in Kansas prairie around the town of Independence where Laura's father build a house in an Indian territory. During this time, the Ingalls face difficulty and troubles. They all fall ill from malaria<ref>[http://www.enotalone.com/article/10980.html History of Malaria] [https://web.archive.org/web/20080829004316/http://www.enotalone.com/article/10980.html Archived] August 29, 2008, at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine]<ref>, which was ascribed to breathing the night air or eating watermelon.<ref name=wiki/>
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The novel is about the Ingalls family who spent months in Kansas prairie around the town of Independence where Laura's father build a house in an Indian territory. During this time, the Ingalls face difficulty and troubles. They all fall ill from malaria<ref>[http://www.enotalone.com/article/10980.html History of Malaria] [https://web.archive.org/web/20080829004316/http://www.enotalone.com/article/10980.html Archived] August 29, 2008, at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine]</ref>, which was ascribed to breathing the night air or eating watermelon.<ref name=wiki />
 
Having to live in Indian territory, American Indians are common sights to them but they are putting them on edge because they are afraid the Native Americans will be hostile toward them.
 
Having to live in Indian territory, American Indians are common sights to them but they are putting them on edge because they are afraid the Native Americans will be hostile toward them.
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A year after the family arrives in Kansas, many Native Americans leave the area. Just as Pa is preparing farm fields to grow crops and a garden, he learns that US soldiers will be coming through the territory to remove white settlers rather than allowing them to claim land. He immediately packs up the house and reassembles the covered wagon, and the family moves on the next day, looking for a new place to call home.<ref>https://www.supersummary.com/little-house-on-the-prairie/summary/</ref>
 
A year after the family arrives in Kansas, many Native Americans leave the area. Just as Pa is preparing farm fields to grow crops and a garden, he learns that US soldiers will be coming through the territory to remove white settlers rather than allowing them to claim land. He immediately packs up the house and reassembles the covered wagon, and the family moves on the next day, looking for a new place to call home.<ref>https://www.supersummary.com/little-house-on-the-prairie/summary/</ref>
  
 
== Controversy ==
 
== Controversy ==

Revision as of 05:58, 29 December 2020

Little House on the Prairie is an autobiographical children's novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder, distributed in 1935. It was the third novel distributed in the Little House series, continuing the first series Little House in the Big Woods, released in 1932, but not related to the second.[1] The story is about a family of five who moves to Kansas during the western settlement that drove away many American Indians from their land.

The “Little House” books were born of desperation. By the time Laura was in her sixties, her family had lost almost everything in the Great Depression. The success of her books exacerbated an already fraught mother-daughter relationship — Rose grew up to become a famous writer and worked with her mother on the “Little House” series.[2]

Plot

The novel is about the Ingalls family who spent months in Kansas prairie around the town of Independence where Laura's father build a house in an Indian territory. During this time, the Ingalls face difficulty and troubles. They all fall ill from malaria[3], which was ascribed to breathing the night air or eating watermelon.[1] Having to live in Indian territory, American Indians are common sights to them but they are putting them on edge because they are afraid the Native Americans will be hostile toward them.

A year after the family arrives in Kansas, many Native Americans leave the area. Just as Pa is preparing farm fields to grow crops and a garden, he learns that US soldiers will be coming through the territory to remove white settlers rather than allowing them to claim land. He immediately packs up the house and reassembles the covered wagon, and the family moves on the next day, looking for a new place to call home.[4]

Controversy