A Son of the Middle Border
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (804 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1357344511 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 498 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1918 and won the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1922.. Hamlin Garland (1860–1940), author of more than 40 books, is best known for his short story collection Main-Travelled Roads
About the AuthorHamlin Garland (1860–1940), author of more than 40 books, is best known for his short story collection Main-Travelled Roads. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1918 and won the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1922.
Five Stars Amazon Customer Haven't read it yet. "American Gothic" according to Mary E. Sibley. It is exciting to stumble upon this classic work and to ascertain it is absolutely readable and fresh. This work is constantly cited in support of regional factors constituting part of the experience of American writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. In 186American Gothic It is exciting to stumble upon this classic work and to ascertain it is absolutely readable and fresh. This work is constantly cited in support of regional factors constituting part of the experience of American writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. In 1863 Garland's father made the last payment on the mortgage on his farm and that same day he enlisted as a soldier in the Civil War.The father was born in Maine. The family moved west via the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes, landing in Milwaukee. The children were told stories of the war and of the prairies of Wisconsin. The farm was nea. Garland's father made the last payment on the mortgage on his farm and that same day he enlisted as a soldier in the Civil War.The father was born in Maine. The family moved west via the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes, landing in Milwaukee. The children were told stories of the war and of the prairies of Wisconsin. The farm was nea. One of the best books I've read in a while Irina Hynes It's fascinating to read the words of someone who was raised by homesteaders/farmers/settlers in the 1800s. The Garlands saw everything: the last of the American Indians living a free life, the breaking of the sod, the extended Irish-Scots family gathering for fiddling and songs, the desperately hard life of farming families, and he notes with sadness the particularly hard life of the women, whose slave-like labor didn't even get a break on Sunday, when everyone needed special clothes and a dish for a picnic. Garland was also unusual in that he had a burning desire to escape the farm and become a writer, f