1892. Hamlin Garland was born near La Crosse, Wisconsin and lived in the area for nine years before his family moved to South Dakota. As an adult he lived in major cities throughout the United States but visited his birthplace often. In 1922 he received a Pulitzer Prize for A Daughter of the Middle Border, and was also director of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for a number of years. Contents: Her Adoptive Parents; Her First Trip in a Blizzard; The Burial of her Dead Mother; Flaxen Adopts Anson as Pap; Flaxen ...
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1892. Hamlin Garland was born near La Crosse, Wisconsin and lived in the area for nine years before his family moved to South Dakota. As an adult he lived in major cities throughout the United States but visited his birthplace often. In 1922 he received a Pulitzer Prize for A Daughter of the Middle Border, and was also director of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for a number of years. Contents: Her Adoptive Parents; Her First Trip in a Blizzard; The Burial of her Dead Mother; Flaxen Adopts Anson as Pap; Flaxen Becomes Indispensable to the Two Old Bachelors; A Question of Dress; After Harvest; An Empty House; Baching it Again; Flaxen Comes Home on a Vacation; Flaxen Grows Restless; Flaxen Says Good-bye; Flaxen's Great Need; Kendall Steps Out; and Bert Comes Back. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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Used-Acceptable. Fair hardback. 1st edition, 1902, in patterned card cover, with patterned end papers & page fore-edge. A little scattered foxing; board edges a little worn; boards stained & a little browned; spine badly browned, & worn at head & foot.
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Very Good. First Edition. c.1892. Hardcover. 16mo. 157pp. + publisher's ads in rear. Very Good. Boards darkened, moderate rubbing to exterior hinges and corners, mild age toning to contents.
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Very Good. First edition. 157, (10, ads) pp. Leaf-patterned paper over boards, matching endpapers and edges. Very Good with exposed tips, spine toned, very slight lean, old bookplate on rear paste down. An early novel by the American writer who captured midwestern dialects and the late 19th century disjunct between rural and urban life so well.