West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco,...

Features

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Cover Type: Paperback with 192 pages
• Published by: HarperTrophy October 20, 1976
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0064400816
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0064400817
• Book Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 3.2 ounces

Product Description


"It is like a fairyland." So Laura Ingalls Wilder described her 1915 voyage to San Francisco to visit her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. Laura's husband, Almanzo, was unable to leave their Missouri farm and it is her faithful letters home, vividly describing every detail of her journey, that have been gathered here. Includes 24 pages of exciting photographs and completely redesigned jacket art.

Card Catalog Description
A selection of letters by Laura Ingalls Wilder to her husband in which she describes the highlights of her visit to the west coast in 1915. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915 (Hardcover) Thank God this is still in print. Sure, lots of fans of the "Little House" series will find this a charming alternative. But Laura Ingalls Wilder was already an accomplished writer by this time, and her recorded impressions during a family visit to her daughter and son-in-law during the 1915 Pan Pacific International Exposition was a godsend for anyone who wants to know of San Francisco history. The city was devastated by the 1906 earthquake and fire; the PPIE was a chance for the city's residents to show how quickly they could recover and rebuild, and they put their souls into it. The city fairly sparkled for the Exposition's visitors that summer. Wilder's letters home to her husband were an accurate and very personable observance of the city as it was. She described the big events as well as the telling little details that made San Francisco unique among American cities. The photos accompanying her letters add to the authenticity. This is book not just a "niche gem" for Wilder fans, but also for those who love San Francisco, and those who live history. Her record of a vacation to the coast may've seemed to her like trivial family correspondence, but for this native son of Baghdad by the Bay, her letters were a vivid portrait of a time that will not be seen again. This is one of the top ten historical recollections of a major, turn of the century American city. Comment | | (Report this)