Hamlin Garland
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"Prairie Folks" by Hamlin Garland. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that...
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Main-Travelled Roads collects 11 short stories, originally published in 1891, set in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, or what Hamlin Garland called the "Middle Border." Depicting an agrarian life of exploitation, misogyny, and poverty, Garland's radical, realist stories refute romantic conceptions of the rural Midwest. Unrelenting yet strangely hopeful in its view of how things ought to be, this collection is gripping, hard-hitting, and surprisingly...
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The young protagonist of this novel is gifted with psychic powers, which take control of her, entrapping her in trances. Dreaming of a normal life, she is rescued by a scientist, who believes she should be allowed to determine her own fate. Complete with seances and ghosts, this tale was inspired by Hamlin Garland's interest in psychic phenomena.
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"Other Main-Travelled Roads" by Hamlin Garland. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...
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Hamlin Garland's enormously popular novels about the West represented a change in locale and writing style from his novels and short stories about life on a Midwestern farm. In The Spirit of Sweetwater, a mining adventure and tale of love set in Colorado, his dynamic characters exemplify the rugged individuals typically found out West.
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In this 1908 volume, Garland explores psychic and supernatural phenomena. Giving accounts of his personal psychic investigations-the author writes them in a fiction-like tone, keeping himself as a main character. "Mr. Garland writes with a fine and doubtless sincere attempt at impartiality and open-mindedness," said the New York Times in its review.
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Here is the story of Black Mose, who exemplifies the courageous, self-reliant cowboy who heads to the mountains to escape a confining and guilt-ridden past for freedom in the untamed west. Garland based this engrossing Western on the lives of his playmates in Iowa, many of whom hoped to run away to become scouts or cowboys.
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In this gripping story of love and sacrifice, it's love at first sight for Bertie — a married woman — and Ben. Bertie's husband suffers from a weak heart, while Ben's fiancée is dying of consumption. Facing the inevitable, Ben's fiancée conspires with Bertie's husband, hatching a plan that leaves Bertie and Ben free to marry.