<p>Looking back upon his own life, Hamlin Garland charts the trials and tribulations of a generation in this tale of the quest for new frontiers in the last half of the 19th century. The narrative is grounded in the spirit of those who set out to conquer and tame the land of mid-west America.</p>

A Son of the Middle Border (Twentiety-Century Classics)

Literature & Fiction

GARLAND, HAMLIN

United States

Penguin Classics

"I am a reformer--a radical--a promoter of Democracy. . . .”--Hamlin Garland to Horace Traubel, 13 January 1892 As a self-proclaimed native "son of the middle border" states of Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota, Hamlin Garland wrote short stories, novels, and essays about the harsh realities of farm life. At a time when rural romanticism was in literary vogue, he described conditions for midwestern farmers as they really were and promoted a wide variety of reforms to improve their lives, including women's rights legislation and single-tax reform.The volume reprints much of Garland's radical fiction and nonfiction from between 1887 and 1894, almost all previously uncollected, including four of his most outspoken stories depicting farm conditions of the time. Fueled by moral outrage and a cry for justice shaped by his own family's hardships in Wisconsin, Iowa, and South Dakota, the radical writing of his early career is filled with compassion and fury. Seeking to reinvigorate an appreciation and understanding of Garland's centrality in the rise of a post–Civil War radical spirit in American expression, this collection assembles the most vibrant and representative examples of his radical 1890s writings.

Hamlin Garland, Prairie Radical: Writings from the 1890s

University of Illinois Press

My friendly contemporaries;: A literary log

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

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Trail Markers of the Middle Border (Collected Works of Hamlin Garland)

History & Criticism

Scholarly Pr

Excerpt from The Tyranny of the DarkLanna? Inrsavnuns Snvxss Assuuss Comm! Tux Moran's Furs clarke Smoows nut Fus-r Tax Spmrruu. Rsscus.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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A Daughter Of The Middle Border

A Daughter of the Middle Border

Pulitzer Prize-winning sequel to A Son of the Middle Border continues the author's autobiographical theme and deals with Garland’s marriage and later career. This sensitive study of individuals, their relationships, and the colorful drama that made up their daily lives offers a glimpse into pioneer life in 19th-century mid-America.

A daughter of the middle border

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BACK-TRAILERS FROM THE MIDDLE BORDER

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