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Which came first: Charlotte's Web or the death of Laura Ingalls Wilder?

Charlotte's Web came first, in 1952 (published). The death of Laura Ingalls Wilder followed 5 years later, in 1957.

  1. First1952

    Charlotte's Web

    book · published

    E. B. White walked into his editor's office in 1952 and handed her the only copy of Charlotte's Web then in existence.

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  2. Second1957

    The death of Laura Ingalls Wilder

    person · dies

    Laura Ingalls Wilder, of Little House on the Prairie, lived until 1957.

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