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Laura Ingalls Wilder: By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House) (Paperback, 2004, HarperTrophy) 4 stars

The Ingalls family had fared badly in Plum Creek, Minnesota. They were in debt. Mary …

By the Shores of Silver Lake

4 stars

Man this family moved around a lot.

This was another enjoyable mostly-lighthearted tale about the Ingalls family moving yet again. This time Pa got a job doing payroll for some railroad workers with the intention of claiming a homestead once the work was done.

I still enjoy Pa's optimism in these stories, and the fact that he can build a shanty in less than a day.