By the Shores of Silver Lake, Laura Ingalls Wilder
By the Shores of Silver Lake, Laura Ingalls Wilder
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By the Shores of Silver Lake

Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder

Narrator: Cherry Jones

Unabridged: 6 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 02/07/2017

Synopsis

Immerse yourself in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved Little House series!The Ingalls family has seen both joy and hardship since the end of On the Banks of Plum Creek. Mary has been left blind from a battle with scarlet fever, and a new sister, Grace, has been born. Pa decides to move to a railroad camp in the unsettled Dakota Territory to work as a bookkeeper to earn money. Eventually, Laura, her sisters, and Ma travel by train to join Pa at the spot he’s claimed for their new home.  They spend a long winter in the surveyor’s house, and in the spring, Pa begins to build a store. It’s the first building in what will become the town of De Smet. Finally, the Ingalls family’s travels by covered wagon are over.The nine books in the timeless Little House series tell the story of Laura’s real childhood as an American pioneer, and are cherished by readers of all generations. They offer a unique glimpse into life on the American frontier and tell the heartwarming, unforgettable story of a loving family.

About Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) was born in a log cabin in the Wisconsin woods. With her family, she pioneered throughout America’s heartland during the 1870s and 1880s, finally settling in Dakota Territory. She married Almanzo Wilder in 1885; their only daughter, Rose, was born the following year. The Wilders moved to Rocky Ridge Farm at Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894, where they established a permanent home. After years of farming, Laura wrote the first of her beloved Little House books in 1932. The nine Little House books are international classics. Her writings live on into the twenty-first century as America’s quintessential pioneer story.

About Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones won the Tony® Award for best actress for both The Heiress and Doubt, and received two Tony® nominations for her work in A Moon for the Misbegotten and Our Country's Good; she can be seen in the films The Perfect Storm, Erin Brockovich, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and Cold Mountain.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Miranda on December 09, 2020

Sniffs. Wipes away tear Laura knew then that she was not a little girl any more. Now she was alone; she must take care of herself. When you must do that, then you do it and you are grown up. Oh, they grow up so fast, don't they? I do wish that this series could stay with Laura as a young girl -......more

Goodreads review by Summer on May 04, 2007

One of the things I love about this series is how the prose grows with the protagonist. Four-year-old Laura lives in a world with short sentences and simple feelings, and thirteen-year-old Laura, who has had to broaden her vocabulary to help describe things to her blind sister, inhabits a text that......more

Goodreads review by Philip on July 07, 2013

Alright... By the Shores of Silver Lake... You ready, Eleanor? E: Mm-hmm. Dad: Ok. Go for it. E: Um. Well. My favorite paaaarrrrt waaaassssss.... hmmmmmmm... hmmm. hmmm. hmmm. Chapter 8? I thiiiink. I think, daddy. I think... uh... My favorite part was when they went out in the shanty, and when they go......more

Goodreads review by Calista on November 14, 2017

These books give such a view into the psyche of America back when the land was being settled. The pace is slow compared to today's literature, but there is something here. One of the best parts of the book is toward the end. The Ingalls family are living out on the prairie alone during the winter. T......more

Goodreads review by Katie on January 18, 2019

Like every book in the series this one is filled with moments of poignant hardship (Mary going blind) and sweet levity. Pa’s wanderlust hasn’t rested, but he’s agreed for Ma’s sake to stay put. About time, is what I have to say to that. She put up with a lot, that woman.......more

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