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The First Four Years is an unfinished autobiographical novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder, published in 1971 and commonly considered the last of nine books in the Little House series. In 1943, These Happy Golden Years had concluded the series at eight Read More..

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Description	The First Four Years is an unfinished autobiographical novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder, published in 1971 and commonly considered the last of nine books in the Little House series. In 1943, These Happy Golden Years had concluded the series at eight children's novels following Laura to age 18 and her marriage with Almanzo Wilder. Roger Lea MacBride found the work in the belongings of Wilder's daughter Rose Wilder Lane while going through Rose's estate after her death in 1968. Laura wrote all of her books in pencil on dime store tablets, and the manuscript of The First Four Years was found in manuscript form as Laura had written it.It is not clear whether Laura intended this first draft to be a ninth book in the Little House series, or possibly a standalone novel for adults. Much of the material is more for an adult audience than anything in her Little House books. She seems to have written the extant first draft sometime around 1940, and then apparently lost interest in the project. MacBride, the adopted grandson of Rose Wilder Lane, and executor of her estate, made a decision to publish The First Four Years without any editing (except for minor spelling errors) so it came directly from Laura's pencil to the written page. Because Laura never reworked the manuscript - and Rose never edited it as she had her mother's previously published works, The First Four Years is less polished in style than the books of the Little House series, but it is still unmistakably Laura's writing.
Description	The First Four Years is an unfinished autobiographical novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder, published in 1971 and commonly considered the last of nine books in the Little House series. In 1943, These Happy Golden Years had concluded the series at eight children's novels following Laura to age 18 and her marriage with Almanzo Wilder. Roger Lea MacBride found the work in the belongings of Wilder's daughter Rose Wilder Lane while going through Rose's estate after her death in 1968. Laura wrote all of her books in pencil on dime store tablets, and the manuscript of The First Four Years was found in manuscript form as Laura had written it.It is not clear whether Laura intended this first draft to be a ninth book in the Little House series, or possibly a standalone novel for adults. Much of the material is more for an adult audience than anything in her Little House books. She seems to have written the extant first draft sometime around 1940, and then apparently lost interest in the project. MacBride, the adopted grandson of Rose Wilder Lane, and executor of her estate, made a decision to publish The First Four Years without any editing (except for minor spelling errors) so it came directly from Laura's pencil to the written page. Because Laura never reworked the manuscript - and Rose never edited it as she had her mother's previously published works, The First Four Years is less polished in style than the books of the Little House series, but it is still unmistakably Laura's writing.

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Name	The First Four Years
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Authors	Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Genre	Children's historical novel , realistic fiction Family saga Western
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Series	Little House
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Country	United States
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