Available for the first time and collected in one volume, the letters of one of America’s most beloved authors, The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a treasure trove that offers a new and unexpected understanding of her life and work. This wonderful book is a deeply personal portrait of the revered author, illuminating her thoughts, travels, philosophies, writing career, and dealings with family, friends, and fans as never before.

The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder compiles fascinating materials gathered from museums, archives, and personal collections. The letters span more than sixty years, and shed new light on Wilder’s day-to-day living. Through reflections on her beloved Little House books, letters with her legendary editor, Ursula Nordstrom, and her readers, we discover new facets to Wilder as a businesswoman and author. In deeply thoughtful correspondence, she shares her political opinions and reminisces of her frontier childhood. Also included are letters to her daughter, writer Rose Wilder Lane, who filled a silent role as editor and collaborator while the famous Little House books were being written.

Wilder biographer William Anderson collected and researched references throughout these letters, and the result is an invaluable historical collection, tracing Wilder’s life through the final days of covered wagon travel and her years of fame as the writer of the Little House books. The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a remarkable sequel to her beloved stories and a snapshot of twentieth-century living.