"Growing up on his family's farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder wishes for just one thing -- his very own horse. But Father doesn't yet trust him with such a big responsibility. Almanzo needs to prove himself -- but how?"--P. [4] of cover.

What causes a beloved son to go wrong? The product of demanding parents who greatly mistreated him, he thinks they must have loved him at one point. But as the child of a rural community without mental health care, his young soul was on its own as their behavior twisted and shaped his irrevocably. Without guidance or guidelines, he develops a predatory view of other humans and begins to make terrible, deadly decisions in his quest for some sense of...

As he grows up on his family's farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder dreams of having a colt of his own.

Almanzo Wilder celebrates his birthday by breaking in a pair of calves and sledding on his new sled.

As he grows up on his family's farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder dreams of having a colt of his own.

Chip, a city dog, goes to visit his country cousins to learn all about farming.

Young Almanzo Wilder and his family attend a county fair in upstate New York.

After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.

A little dragon gets lost from his family and is found by a farmer boy. In the end the king hires the dragon to participate in the Grand Spring Festival.