Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway Guide: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, USA [Hardcover]

Mike Gleue (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 151 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp (September 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401064345
• ISBN-13: 978-1401064341
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,537,586 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Historic Travel Reading, October 2, 2003

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B.P. "tilley_traveler" (Wisconsin, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway Guide: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, USA (Paperback)

The main purpose of this guide is to acquaint the reader with what is to be found along the designated historic highway and places that have a significant relation to Laura Ingalls Wilder. The book is an overview of different regions in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota where Laura Ingalls Wilder lived in the 1800's as described in her books. Starting in Wisconsin and ending in South Dakota, taking you town by town, following the movement of Laura and her family as she grew up on the Western Frontier.

The journey is broken down into sections that highlight a few places to visit in each area. Starting in Wisconsin's Upper Coulee Country & Mississippi River Valley, to the Mississippi Valley & Bluff Country of Minnesota & Iowa, then to the Minnesota River Valley and finally the Prairies of Minnesota & South Dakota. Interesting period history and some geographic information is given on these regions throughout the pages, which also exhibits a good share of black and white pictures. After these chapters come a few notes on Festivals & Pageants in certain towns along the route. Then the author talks about different travel option ideas for interest, such as small convoy camping or large group motor coach tours. At the back of the book is a quick reference list mainly giving phone numbers and some other contact information for towns & cities in each of the previously mentioned areas.

The book is fairly decent but meager and it really may not be what you expect. It provides very little in direct help on planning a trip (recommended places to eat or stay) but does gives a "lengthy" explanation of the Dakota Conflict of 1862. It's just as much, or maybe even more so, a book of U.S. history facts, findings and events as it is of an actual travel guide.