The Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Boxed Set #1 by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Thomas L. Tedrow (1992, Paperback)

First, the title line above says these books are by Laura Ingalls Wilder and T.L. Tedrow. Mr Tedrow gives no credit to Mrs. Wilder "as author" here. This is a boxed set of four paperbacks by T.L.Tedrow. In the foreword, he tells how he has taken writings of hers and added fiction to them, therefore, extending those works of hers into yet,another set of stories for us all to enjoy.
In book one, Missouri Homestead, Mr. Tedrow tells of the struggles and heartaches that Laura and her husband, Manly, and daughter, Rose, leave behind in South Dakota, when they travel the hundreds of miles by covered wagon to Missouri to live. He goes into great detail of the hard times fallen upon them.
In book two, Children of Promise, we learn of the campaign of Laura to get the children of Mansfield, Missouri, out of the fields and into the classroom. At times, most of farming community turn against them and Manly fears for her life. We meet new characters that will follow into the other books.
In book three, Good Neighbors, Mr. Tedrow shows us how severe the winters were back then. People of the community are wondering where their next meal will come from and if their livestock will make it another day through the extreme cold and many feet of snow. Laura worries as her daughter, Rose, is coming home from college to join her parents for Thanksgiving. While Rose's train gets snowed in, Laura is becoming a midwife for the first time on a very difficult delivery.
In book four, Home to the Prairie, the author tells us of Pa Ingalls coming for a visit to Mansfield, Missouri to see his beloved "Half Pint". He has left Ma Ingalls behind, as her health is failing and wants Laura to come with him to Kansas to Indian Territory, to see one more time, their old homestead they left behind years ago.
The characters you meet are described so well, that when you get to the next book, you still remember them. They're like family now. There is comedy. There is sadness. I cry at movies, however, I don't remember ever crying to a book! In Home to the Prairie, when Pa and Laura are at the homestead remains, remembering the good times, I couldn't help but remembering having to go and clean out my parents house and the memories that came flooding back to me then. Just like Laura..going home is somewhat satisfying, but comes with many, many heartaches.
Mr. Tedrow, tells you up front that these "novels" have only taken some of Laura Ingalls Wilder's works and added fiction to, sort of take her stories further, therefore, giving us, yet another, set of stories we can read and enjoy.
In closing, if you can't get enough of Laura Ingalls Wilder's writing, you will enjoy these books. After I finished the fourth book, I could hardly wait till the next day to get online and order the next set of books 5 thru 8! Please use that as your guideline...if you enjoy "Laura", you will enjoy "The Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder" by T.L Tedrow.