- On the Way Home
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For the Mormon film, see On the Way Home (film).
On the Way Home
First edition coverAuthor(s) Laura Ingalls Wilder Country United States Language English Series Little House Genre(s) Family Saga
WesternPublisher Harper & Brothers, Later, Scholastic Publication date 1962 Media type Print (Hardcover, Paperback) Preceded by The First Four Years Followed by West From Home On the Way Home is an original diary of Laura Ingalls Wilder from a trip that she made in 1894 with her husband Almanzo Wilder and a seven-year old daughter Rose from their home in De Smet, South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, where they settled for good
It contains detailed description, day by day, of the trip, with a commentary by her daughter Rose. The book was published for the first time in 1962, after Laura's death.
Little House series Little House in the Big Woods (1932) · Farmer Boy (1933) · Little House on the Prairie (1935) · On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937) · By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939) · The Long Winter (1940) · Little Town on the Prairie (1941) · These Happy Golden Years (1943) · The First Four Years (1971) · On the Way Home (1962) · West from Home (1974) · A Little House Traveler (2006) · Other "Little House" booksAdaptations Little House on the Prairie (1974) · Little House on the Prairie (episodes) (1974–83) · Laura, The Prairie Girl (1975) · Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2000, 2002) · Little House on the Prairie (2004) · Little House on the Prairie (2008)Main characters Real-Life Individuals · Television Characters · Charles Ingalls · Caroline Ingalls · Mary Ingalls · Laura Ingalls Wilder · Carrie Ingalls · Grace Ingalls · Albert Ingalls · Almanzo Wilder · Rose Wilder Lane · Mr. Edwards · Nellie Oleson · Reverend AldenLocations See also Free Land · Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal · Young Pioneers (film) · Young Pioneers (novel) · Young Pioneers (television series)Categories:- Little House books
- Children's non-fiction books
- 1962 books
- Diaries
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