About the Book: The Long Winter
When a blizzard cuts the town of De Smet off from the railroad, the community is
left for weeks without food or fuel deliveries and the Ingalls family are forced
to eke out the last of their supplies. As the terrible winter drags on, things
begin to look desperate, until Almanzo Wilder and his friend brave the icy
storms in search of help from another settlement. "Stock up, hunker down and
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About the Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867 in the log cabin described in Little House
in the Big Woods. She and