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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP.  But weren't the debts mostly related to the farms not working out?  I don't think Charles had much other skill to offer. You will remember the many disasters they experienced with weather and crops.

As for alcoholism, I'm not going to condone it but that was pretty much the most common escapism/entertainment they had.

I've been doing my European genealogy and they were pretty much living the same life ... hand to mouth farmers with a tendency towards alcoholism.  Moved to the U.S., became factory workers, got compulsory public education, started bettering themselves and joined the white collar world.  I think this was a ubiquitous part of the Agricultural Revolution transition.[/quote]

I think he did have lots of skills— he was musical and, like Laura, highly intelligent. But they weren’t valued in that environment as nd Orin hurt him. Remember when they spent Laura’s hard-earned wages in a parlor organ? Some of Laura’s bitterness and judgement does come out in the last 2 books.

What gets me is that she really loved her family for all their flaws, but when the books ended she virtually never saw them again in her life. Maybe once after age 20 because almanzo’s farm failed and they had to move. It feels like the books were a way of keeping close with loved ones otherwise lost.[/quote]

Yes, it does seem like that.

I had an ancestor who was injured during the same time period and could no longer farm. He took a job and sent money back to his family so that they could survive without having to move from place to place. While that was hard, at least my great great grandmother had help from family members.[/quote]

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