Little House in the Big Woods' Author:laura ingalls wilder Wolves and panthers and bears roamed the deep Wisconsin woods in the 1860's. But Pa Ingalls preferred to live miles from the nearest neighbors. Pa build a snug log cabin for Ma and his three daughters, Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie. He hunted and trapped and farmed. Ma knew how to make her own cheese and sugar. At night the wind moaned lon... more »esomely, but Pa played his fiddle and sang to his little girls.« less