A Son of the Middle Border (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Hamlin Garland
- First Published: 1917
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Principal Characters: Hamlin Garland, Belle Garland, Richard “Dick” Garland, Franklin “Frank” Garland, Harriet Garland, Jessie Garland, David McClintock, Hugh McClintock, Professor Brown, Joseph Kirkland, B. O. Flower, William Dean Howells
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Midwest, Frontier or pioneer life
A Son of the Middle Border begins with the same incident used in “The Return of a Private,” probably Hamlin Garland’s most popular short story, but more than twenty-six years separates the writing of the two versions. The discrepancies between the two may be caused by Garland’s habit of squeezing as much publication out of his materials as possible, or by Garland’s tender age when his father returned from the Civil War. There is little doubt, however, about the main lines of his life from 1865 to 1893. The repetition of material chiefly shows that the two series of...
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