Born in Pepin, she headed out on "the prairie" as a young girl & wrote about it in a series of bestselling books
... self
-taught ability would be used years later when she would write her books (
Wommack and ... Big Woods became an instant bestseller when it came out in 
1932 [DOC] [TLE] Wilder Women - The New Yorker [PAR] Aug 10, 2009 ... Laura Ingalls was born in the sylvan wilds near Pepin, Wisconsin, in 1867, and 
she ... She was named for the wild roses on the prairie where she was born.