Under the Lion's Paw (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Hamlin Garland
- First Published: 1891
- Type of Plot: Regional, realism
- Time of Work: The late 1800's
- Setting: Cedar County, in a midwestern state (probably Wisconsin)
- Principal Characters: Tim Haskins, Stephen Council, Jim Butler
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Power, personal or social, Nineteenth century, Midwest, Poverty or poor people, Farms, farmers, or farming, Good and evil, Landlords or tenants
- Locales: Wisconsin
The Story
Tim Haskins, with wife and children, have been driven from their farm by bad luck and a scourge of grasshoppers. On their way to an undetermined destination, they reach Stephen Council's farm and ask to rest there before continuing their journey. Council and his wife not only give them food and a place to rest but also, after hearing Haskins's story, persuade him to consider settling on a nearby vacated farm.
The farm is owned by Jim Butler, who acquired it along with several other farms through legal but ethically questionable mortgage foreclosures. Council,...
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