I'm not really sure this is a coherent book, but the author is a pleasant and lively companion to ramble with (if you're a lefty sort--she's a little queasy around the End Times evangelicals she meets, which was funny to me but probably wouldn't be to them) and there are quite a lot of interesting facts and anecdotes sprinkled through her story about going hither and yon to see Laura Ingalls Wilder museums and pageants and sites.