Welcome to the History Tricks, where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

And here's your 30-second summary.

A pioneer girl born in the big woods and roamed the prairie with her mom-paw.

When life became wilder, she wrote it all down and gotten us this from her own little chick.

She took a place in literary history and lived out her golden years.

The end!

Let's talk about Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Laura Elizabeth Ingalls was born in 1867 in the big woods of Wisconsin.

Let's just place her in history.

In 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state.

Jesse James was doing his criminal thing.

Congress approved the Lincoln Memorial.

The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000.

Alfred Nobel patented dynamite.

And of course, Laura Ingalls Elizabeth Ingalls was born to Charles and Caroline in Peppin, Wisconsin.

Laura Ingalls Wilder was the author of nine of the most beloved children's books in American history.

They've been constantly in print since 1931.

I, myself, have the box set from 1971.

The yellow one with the Garth Williams illustrations.

Now, we've been back and forth about how much book information to include in the podcast.

So for those who wouldn't mind or would love a quick two or three minute summary of each book,

stay tuned until the end, won't you?

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