<P> The Stock Market Crash of 1929 wiped the Wilders out ; their daughter 's investments were devastated as well . They still owned the 200 acre ( 81 hectare ) farm , but they had invested most of their savings with their daughter Rose Wilder Lane 's broker . In 1930 , Wilder requested Lane 's opinion about an autobiographical manuscript Wilder had written about her pioneering childhood . The Great Depression , coupled with the deaths of Wilder 's mother in 1924 and her older sister in 1928 , seem to have prompted her to preserve her memories in a life story called Pioneer Girl . Wilder also hoped that her writing would generate some additional income . The original title of the first of the books was When Grandma Was a Little Girl . On the advice of Lane 's publisher , Wilder greatly expanded the story . As a result of Lane 's publishing connections as a successful writer and after editing by Lane , Harper & Brothers published Wilder 's book in 1932 as Little House in the Big Woods . After its success , Wilder continued writing . The close and often rocky collaboration between her and Lane continued , in person until 1935 when Lane permanently left Rocky Ridge Farm , and afterward by correspondence . </P>
<P> The Stock Market Crash of 1929 wiped the Wilders out ; their daughter 's investments were devastated as well . They still owned the 200 acre ( 81 hectare ) farm , but they had invested most of their savings with their daughter Rose Wilder Lane 's broker . In 1930 , Wilder requested Lane 's opinion about an autobiographical manuscript Wilder had written about her pioneering childhood . The Great Depression , coupled with the deaths of Wilder 's mother in 1924 and her older sister in 1928 , seem to have prompted her to preserve her memories in a life story called Pioneer Girl . Wilder also hoped that her writing would generate some additional income . The original title of the first of the books was When Grandma Was a Little Girl . On the advice of Lane 's publisher , Wilder greatly expanded the story . As a result of Lane 's publishing connections as a successful writer and after editing by Lane , Harper & Brothers published Wilder 's book in 1932 as Little House in the Big Woods . After its success , Wilder continued writing . The close and often rocky collaboration between her and Lane continued , in person until 1935 when Lane permanently left Rocky Ridge Farm , and afterward by correspondence . </P>
when was laura ingalls wilder first book published
when was laura ingalls wilder first book published
1932
1932