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A son of the middle border

"A son of the middle border" is an epic story of the quest for new frontiers during the last half of the nineteenth century and of the gradual, heartbreaking failure of America's pioneer ideal. Drawing on the history of his own family, Pulitzer Prize winner Hamlin Garland chronicles the experiences of a generation. "A son of the middle border", Garland's bittersweet narrative of growing up on a Wisconsin farm, captures in vivid, moving detail the stories of the thousands of courageous and optimistic Americans who sought new and prosperous lives on the mid-western frontier and discovered not only the grandeur of the plains but the immense toll nature demands from those who try to tame the land.

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  • ""A son of the middle border" is an epic story of the quest for new frontiers during the last half of the nineteenth century and of the gradual, heartbreaking failure of America's pioneer ideal. Drawing on the history of his own family, Pulitzer Prize winner Hamlin Garland chronicles the experiences of a generation. "A son of the middle border", Garland's bittersweet narrative of growing up on a Wisconsin farm, captures in vivid, moving detail the stories of the thousands of courageous and optimistic Americans who sought new and prosperous lives on the mid-western frontier and discovered not only the grandeur of the plains but the immense toll nature demands from those who try to tame the land."@en
  • "Drawing on the history of his own family, Pulitzer Prize winner Hamlin Garland chronicles the experiences of a generation. A Son of the Middle Border, Garland's bittersweet narrative of growing up on a Wisconsin farm, captures in vivid, moving detail the stories of the thousands of courageous and optimistic Americans who sought new and prosperous lives on the mid-western frontier and discovered not only the grandeur of the plains, but the immense toll nature demands from those who try to tame the land."@en
  • "A Son of the Middle Border is an epic story of the quest for new frontiers during the last half of the nineteenth century and of the gradual, heartbreaking failure of America's pioneer ideal. Drawing on the history of his own family, Hamlin Garland chronicles the experiences of a generation. Garland's bittersweet narrative of growing up on a Wisconsin farm, captures in detail the stories of the thousands of courageous and optimistic Americans who sought new and prosperous lives on the mid-western frontier and discovered not only the grandeur of the plains but the immense toll nature demands from those who try to tame the land."@en
  • "[The author] recounts in this ... autobiography his journey from a rural childhood to the study of literature and the sciences in Boston, his vital connections with such inspirations as William Dean Howells, and eventually his reclaimed sense of identity as a writer of the Midwest's beautiful yet hard land. -Back cover."

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