These Happy Golden Years

Name: These Happy Golden Years
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN: 9780062657039

Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder

Series: Little House #8

Narrator: Cherry Jones

Unabridged: 6 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 02/07/2017

Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories, Historical Stories, Children's Lifestyles

Synopsis

The eighth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor.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 she knows that her earnings can help pay for her sister Mary's tuition at the college for the blind. Only one thing gets her through the lonely weeks—every weekend, Almanzo Wilder arrives at the school to take Laura home for a visit. Friendship soon turns to love for Laura and Almanzo.The nine Little House books are inspired by Laura's own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.

About Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) was born in a log cabin in the Wisconsin woods. With her family, she pioneered throughout America’s heartland during the 1870s and 1880s, finally settling in Dakota Territory. She married Almanzo Wilder in 1885; their only daughter, Rose, was born the following year. The Wilders moved to Rocky Ridge Farm at Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894, where they established a permanent home. After years of farming, Laura wrote the first of her beloved Little House books in 1932. The nine Little House books are international classics. Her writings live on into the twenty-first century as America’s quintessential pioneer story.

About Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones won the Tony® Award for best actress for both The Heiress and Doubt, and received two Tony® nominations for her work in A Moon for the Misbegotten and Our Country's Good; she can be seen in the films The Perfect Storm, Erin Brockovich, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and Cold Mountain.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave on December 25, 2019

These Happy Golden Years is book eight of the autobiographical series of novels, and we know from the first that Laura Ingalls will become Laura Ingalls Wilder so we are just waiting for that ring to appear, since we first met him a few books ago. This book spans the years from when Laura is not yet......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on December 09, 2020

These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years. Arguably the most recognizable quote from the eighth book in the series and rightly so. We transition from girlhood to adulthood by having Laura slowly, but surly, fall love. I distinctly remember that this was the first time th......more

Goodreads review by Kellyn on February 09, 2017

I think this is my favorite Laura Ingalls Wilder book. I really like Almanzo and his horses and ... it's just an amazing book. :)......more

Goodreads review by Darla on February 19, 2018

I think this is my favorite of all the Little House books. So many happy things happen for all of them and who doesn't love a good romance?!......more