On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894 Study Guide consists of approx. 36 pages of summaries and analysis on On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894 by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Browse the literature study guide below:
The book is a composite of two authors, Rose Wilder Lane and Laura Ingalls Wilder, a daughter-and-mother pair. The introductory chapter, by Rose Wilder Lane, establishes a setting in De Smet, South Dakota, and introduces the remainder of the book. The second chapter, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, is a day-by-day journal discussing events on a family relocation trip from De Smet to Mansfield, Missouri, during the summer of 1894. The third and final chapter, by Rose Wilder Lane, picks up the narrative where the journal leaves off and attempts to complete, or at least to round off, the journey. (
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 - South Dakota Chapter 2 - Nebraska Chapter 2 - Kansas Chapter 2 - Missouri Chapter 3
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