Little House on the Prairie - Season 8 Episode 20 A Faraway Cry
A longtime friend of Caroline writes to her and asks for help. Her friend is pregnant and lives at a gold prospector's camp where there is an outbreak of influenza. Caroline finds out that her friend's husband doesn't like her wife. In fact, he wants his wife's baby to die. Caroline's friend dies during childbirth, but the child survives. In another tent, a mother's child dies while be born. Caroline decides to give the baby to the other mother since she knows that the baby will be taken care of properly.
- Genre: Western, Drama, Family
- Studio: NBC
- Keyword: based on memoir or autobiography, period drama, family, wild west, pioneers, 19th century, early america, family life
- Cast: Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Karen Grassle, Katherine MacGregor, Melissa Sue Anderson, Richard Bull