GARTH WILLIAMS (American, 1912-1996). Little House on the Prairie, group of six: Leaving Home, The Little Log House, The M... (Total: 6 Items)

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GARTH WILLIAMS (American, 1912-1996)
Little House on the Prairie, group of six: Leaving Home, The Little Log House, The Missouri River, Crossing the Creek, High Water, and Losing Jack, page 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 16, 17, 22, and 26 illustrations, 1953


Pencil on tracing paper
8.75 x 11.75 in. (largest)
Each signed

Page 4 and 5: "Mary and Laura clung tight to their rag dolls and did not say anything. The cousins stood around them and looked at them. Grandma and all the aunts hugged and kissed them and hugged and kissed them again, saying good-by...So they all went away from the little log house."

Page 8: "At last the wagon was pulling up a slope of earth again, and again there were trees. There was a little log house, too, among the trees...Nobody lived in the little house; it was a place to camp in. It was a tiny house, and strange, with a big fireplace and rough bunks against the walls. But it was warm when Pa had built a fire in the fireplace."

Page 10 and 11: "It was a long, long way to Indian Territory...They drove across rivers on long wooden bridges, and they came to one wide yellow river that had no bridge. That was the Missouri River. Pa drove onto a raft, and they all sat still in the wagon while the raft went swaying away from the safe land and slowly crossed all that muddy-yellow water."

Page 16 and 17: "The rushing sound of the water filled the still air. 'This creek's pretty high,' Pa said. 'But I guess we can make it all right.' He climbed down from the seat, unrolled the canvas sides and tied them firmly to the wagon box...The wagon went forward softly in the mud."

Page 22: "Pa was gone. Ma sat alone, holding tight to the reins with both hands...Laura couldn't see the creek bank. She couldn't see anything in front of the wagon but water rushing at it. And in the water, three heads; Pet's head and Patty's head and Pa's small, wet head. Pa's fist in the water was holding tight to Pet's bridle."

Page 26: "Pa said he wouldn't have done such a thing to Jack, not for a million dollars. If he'd known how that creek would rise when they were in midstream, he would never have let Jack try to swim it. 'But that can't be helped now,' he said...Pa's clothes had dried on him while he searched for Jack. He took the reins again, and drove uphill, out of the river bottoms. Laura looked back all the way. She knew she wouldn't see Jack again, but she wanted to."

From the Estate of Garth Williams.

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