Scarce ALS, three pages on two sheets, 5.5 x 7, February 12, 1940. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I’m glad you like my books and you are right, I am Laura. It would not be surprising if someday you should write even better than I have. A girl who writes such a delightful letter will be able to write stories. It pleases me that Pa’s fiddle should be so real to you. I have it now, for Pa died years ago. Ma and Mary are gone too. Grace married and is still living not far from De Smet. Carrie married and is a widow now…I married Almanzo and we have lived together for more than fifty years.” She adds a handwritten postscript at the conclusion, signed “L. I. W.,” in full: “P.S. I am writing another book for next year.” In fine condition, with some light brushing to ink throughout. In 1941 Wilder published Little Town on the Prairie, the seventh book in the Little House series, which takes place in De Smet, South Dakota. She also mentions “Pa’s fiddle,” an important relic from her childhood that appears frequently in the Little House series. An exceptionally desirable letter with several references to her life and her literature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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