What role did Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Christian faith play in her life and writing? The beloved Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder have sold over 60 million copies since t
John J. Fry is professor of history, dean of faculty, and director of Foundations at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois. He is the author of The Farm Press, Reform, and Rural Change, 1895- 1920 and the editor of Almost Pioneers: One Couple's Homesteading Adventure in the West.
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Table of Contents
Foreword by Mark A. Noll
Acknowledgments
Introduction: “Between Him and God”
1. Home, on and off the Prairie: Kansas and Wisconsin, 1867–1874
2. Exploring the World and the Church: Minnesota and Iowa, 1874–1879
3. Adolescence and Courtship: Dakota Territory, 1879–1885
4. Trials: Dakota, Minnesota, Florida, 1885–1894
5. New Beginnings: Missouri, 1894–1911
6. Writing about the Farm, the Good Life, and God: 1911–1924
7. From Memoir to Children’s Literature: 1924–1935
8. The Later Little House Books: 1935–1943
9. Aging, Together and Apart: 1943–1957
10. Remembering Laura: Since 1957
Personal Afterword: Faith and the Popularity of the Little House Books
A Note on Sources
Appendix: Pastors of the Mansfield Methodist Episcopal Church, 1895–1939, and the Mansfield Methodist Church, 1939–1958
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