Author: Hamlin Garland
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Keywords: border, middle, daughter
Number of Pages: 412
Published: 2005-04-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1417906782
ISBN-13: 9781417906789

1921. Hamlin Garland was born near La Crosse, Wisconsin and lived in the area for nine years before his family moved to South Dakota. As an adult he lived in major cities throughout the United States but visited his birthplace often. Garland wanted to write regional literature, and he is famous for his realistic portrayal of Wisconsin rural life. Son of the Middle Border and A Daughter of the Middle Border are autobiographical narratives and considered two of his best works. He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1921 for A Daughter of the Middle Border. See other titles by this author available fr

Author: Hamlin Garland
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: folks, prairie
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2009-10-27
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1116016583
ISBN-13: 9781116016581

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Author: Hamlin Garland
Publisher: Sigaud Pre
Keywords: character, life, grant, ulysses
Number of Pages: 580
Published: 2010-03-09
List price: $36.45
ISBN-10: 1444693107
ISBN-13: 9781444693102

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author: Hamlin Garland
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Keywords: roads, traveled, main
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 2005-04-01
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 1417930918
ISBN-13: 9781417930913

1899. Hamlin Garland was born near La Crosse, Wisconsin and lived in the area for nine years before his family moved to South Dakota. As an adult he lived in major cities throughout the United States but visited his birthplace often. In 1922 he received a Pulitzer Prize for A Daughter of the Middle Border, and was also director of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for a number of years. This volume contains a selection of his short stories including: A Branch Road; Up the Coolly; Among the Corn-Rows; The Return of a Private; Under the Lion’s Paw; The Creamery Man; A Day’s Pl

Author: Hamlin Garland
Publisher: Brousson Press
Keywords: border, middle, son
Number of Pages: 504
Published: 2007-03-15
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 1406770817
ISBN-13: 9781406770810

THE MODERN READERS SERIES ASHLEY H. THORNDIKE, General Editor A Son of the Middle Border TO THOSE YOUNGER AMERICANS WHO WISH TO SHARE IN IMAGINATION THE EXPERIENCES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO CLEARED THE FORESTS AND BROKE THE PRAIRIE SOD OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, I DEDICATE THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF MY CHRONICLE, A SOW OF THE MIDDLE BORDER TO MY YOUNG READERS THE first question which you have a right to ask me Is this Is this a true story My answer to you is as direct as your question, It is. The characters are all my relatives or my friends, and they are described as I remember them. I do not sa

Author: Hamlin Garland
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: roads, travelled, main
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 2008-08-18
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 055436462X
ISBN-13: 9780554364629

Main-Travelled Roads contains eleven stories in this expanded and revised 1922 edition of an undisputed American classic. "Under the Lion’s Paw" shows an honest, hard-working farmer victimized by a greedy landlord. Equally powerful is the semi-autobiographical "Up the Coolly," concerning a successful son who returns from the East to find his mother and brother trapped on a poor farm, defeated in spite of their best efforts. "Mrs. Ripley’s Trip" is a tender story of an elderly couple settled in their frugal country ways, with the wife determined to realize her dream of revisiting ch

Author: Hamlin Garland
Publisher: Wildside Press
Keywords: troop, horse, captain
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 2007-10-05
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1434493407
ISBN-13: 9781434493408

Hamlin Hannibal Garland (1860-1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers, including the "Middle Border" series, the "Memoir" series, and such books as "Under the Wheel" and "Main-Travelled Roads".