The Ladi Doth Protest Too Much

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“The meat was laid on a board in the backdoor shed, and every piece was sprinkled with salt.  The hams and the shoulders were put to pickle in brine, for they would be smoked, like the venison, in the hollow log.

‘You can’t beat hickory-cured ham,’ Pa said.”

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, “Little House in the Big Woods,” 1932

Born February 7, 1867 Laura Elizabeth Ingalls began her life in the Big Woods of Pepin County, Wisconsin.  Her pioneering journeys began a few years later when her father started his search for a farm and home in the west. This journey continued for the next ten years as the Ingallses moved often, faced hard luck, hard work, and shared many adventures which Laura recounted in her “Little House” books.

The Hoover Library holds the papers of Rose Wilder Lane, the only child of Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder.  Lane was the first biographer of Herbert Hoover which led to a friendship with the 31st president  that lasted more than 40 years. 

Learn more about Half-Pint at the Hoover Library.

Happy birthday Laura Ingalls Wilder!

I loved these books so much when I was growing up.

(via todaysdocument)