Ok, up to this point we've tracked the Ingalls family as the traveled around the Midwest. And by they, I mean Pa, Ma, Laura and Mary. Farmer Boy alludes to Laura's future relationship status by ushering us into the daily grind of Almonzo Wilder. Tracking this young man around a New York farm offers the reader a broader perspective on 19th century life. I personally found this forray into farm life intriguiging as a child. I certainly didn't grow up anywhere near on, and none of my relatives were farmers. The simple details skillfully acquaint the sub/urbanite with a life-style that still characterizes many around the globe. Almonzo is a tough, hardworking kid with a passion for horses...a passion that may send away from the East Coast and out to the plains one day.
