The Long Winter is an autobiographical children's novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published in 1940, the sixth of nine books in her Little House series. It is set in southeastern Dakota Territory during the severe winter of 1880–1881 , when she turned 14 years old.

While the story in The Long Winter tells that Almanzo Wilder and Cap Garland made a heroic journey twenty miles southeast of town to purchase sixty bushels of seed wheat (thirty bushels in the manuscript and in Wilder’s Pioneer Girl memoir) to feed the starving residents, there is no historical record of this act of bravery. The Garland ...

Feb 23, 2022 · The Long Winter remains for me an extraordinary story of one family’s survival, even though I know for other people condemn it for what Wilder did not say about the effects the push westward had on the Native Americans in its path.

The Long Winter is the true story of the Ingalls family during a terrible season of blizzards that extended from October to late April. The Ingalls moved into town so they would have sturdy quarters as well as access to the supplies the train would bring through the winter.

The sixth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor. This edition features the classic black-and-white artwork from Garth Williams. The fledgling town of De Smet in the Dakota Territory is hit hard by the brutal winter of 1880-1881.

Nov 2, 2021 · After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather Originally published: New York : Harper, 1940

Originally published in 1940, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s The Long Winter is a middle-grade historical fiction novel and the sixth installment of the classic Little House series.

May 11, 2004 · The Long Winter is the sixth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor. The fledgling town of De Smet in the Dakota Territory is hit hard by the brutal winter of 1880-1881.

In “The Long Winter,” Laura Ingalls Wilder captures the stark realities of pioneer life during one of its most harrowing winters. The book opens with menacing gray clouds signaling the onset of a vicious blizzard, which strikes in October.