A Son of the Middle Border (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Hamlin Garland

Overview

In this candid and moving autobiography—considered a classic of realism—acclaimed writer Hamlin Garland recounts his journey from a rural childhood of hardship on a series of Midwestern frontier farms to a life of study and work in Boston and his eventual sense of identity as the writer of the Midwest’s beautiful yet harsh land.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411437395
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/01/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	482
Sales rank:	747,734
File size:	505 KB

About the Author

Hannibal Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) was an American writer best remembered for his popular novels and memoirs depicting the hard life of the Midwestern farmer, many informed by his own Midwestern upbringing. His autobiographical work, A Daughter of the Middle Border, won the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for biography.