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A Son of the Middle Border

by Hamlin Garland

The son of a civil war vet in the Midwest, Garland hated farming and the frontier, and was delighted to (after some adjustment) find a living in the city. Not much in the way of countryside paeans from him, though there was a lot of Georgism -- Garland was very much a Henry George fanboy.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1917

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Hamlin Garland

United States

Hannibal Hamlin Garland was an American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers. H...

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