The Long Winter (novel)
1940 children's novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Laura Ingalls Wilder novel. For the John Christopher novel, see The Long Winter (1962 novel). For the indie rock band, see The Long Winters.
The Long Winter is an autobiographical children's novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published in 1940, the sixth of nine books in her Little House series. It is set in southeastern Dakota Territory during the severe winter of 1880–1881, when she turned 14 years old.
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Author | Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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Illustrator | Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle[1] Garth Williams (1953)[2] |
Country | United states |
Series | Little House |
Genre | Children's novel Family saga Western |
Publisher | Harper & Brothers |
Publication date | June 15, 1940[3] |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 325;[1] 334 pp.[2] |
ISBN | 0-06-026461-6 (lib. bdg.); 0060264608 |
OCLC | 504334768 |
LC Class | PZ7.W6461 Lo[1] |
Preceded by | By the Shores of Silver Lake |
Followed by | Little Town on the Prairie |
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The novel was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal in 1941. All the fourth to eighth Little House books from 1938 to 1943 were Newbery runners-up. In retrospect, they are called Newbery Honor Books.[4]