These Happy Golden Years

by WILDER LAURA INGALLS

• ISBN13: 9780808538097
• ISBN10: 0808538098
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Turtleback Books

Summary

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as Laura grows up in the little town on the prairie. Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim shanty twelve miles from home. She is very homesick, but keeps at it so that she can help pay for her sister Mary's tuition at the college for the blind. During school vacations Laura has fun with her singing lessons, going on sleigh rides, and best of all, helping Almanzo Wilder drive his new buggy. Friendship soon turns to love for Laura and Almanzo in the roamntic conclusion of this Little House book.

Table of Contents

Laura Leaves Home	p. 1
First Day of School	p. 11
One Week	p. 21
Sleigh Bells	p. 30
A Stiff Upper Lip	p. 46
Managing	p. 53
A Knife in the Dark	p. 60
A Cold Ride	p. 69
The Superintendent's Visit	p. 78
Almanzo Says Good-by	p. 82
Jingle Bells	p. 89
East or West, Home Is Best	p. 95
Springtime	p. 102
Holding Down a Claim	p. 114
Mary Comes Home	p. 123
Summer Days	p. 130
Breaking the Colts	p. 140
The Perry School	p. 147
The Brown Poplin	p. 157
Nellie Oleson	p. 170
Barnum and Skip	p. 185
Singing School	p. 201
Barnum Walks	p. 209
Almanzo Goes Away	p. 217
The Night Before Christmas	p. 223
Teachers' Examinations	p. 232
School Days End	p. 236
The Cream-Colored Hat	p. 239
Summer Storm	p. 251
Sunset on the Hill	p. 259
Wedding Plans	p. 265
"Haste to the Wedding"	p. 272
Little Gray Home in the West	p. 279
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