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Genre: Biography: general; Classic travel writing; Other prose: 19th century; History - United States/19th Century; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9); Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction; Wilder, Laura Ingalls,; USA; History - United States/20th Century; Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Historical; Social Issues - New Experience; Description and travel; Frontier and pioneer life; Juvenile literature; Missouri River Valley;

Review: On The Way Home by Ana Clare S.: The Book, On The Way Home, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, is basically what it says it is. It is a Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894. This book was not that enjoyable just because it was just diary entries, like "today we ate meat." But other wise it was quite intriguing to discover the ways in which people traveled back in the day. In one part of the book it talks about how their covered wagon is not a covered wagon at all but that, "It had been a two-seated hack though now it only had the front seat." I also found it very enjoyable to read about the worth of money back then and compare it to now. It talks about how Laura had earned a whole one hundred dollars which today is like penny cash but back then was a fortune. In the beginning of the book there is a setting by Rose Wilder Lane, Laura's Daughter, which is a great piece of writing, it is like the rest of Laura's books in that it makes you want to read the rest of the book. I found this book interesting but a drag because of the slow pace in the book. If you would like to take a slow dip into history you should definitely read this book.