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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

A searing, intimate portrait of a heartland still finding its voice. A Daughter Of The Middle Border is a window into a crowded world where hard work, stubborn faith, and family loyalty shape every choice. Garland's memoir of rural life lays bare the textures of frontier living... Read Full Overview

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is the sequel to Garland's autobiography A Son of the Middle Border.

In the summer of 1893, after nine years of hard but happy literary life in Boston and New York, I decided to surrender my residence in the East and reestablish my home in the West, a decision which seemed to be-as it was-a most important event in my career. This change of headquarters... Read Full Overview

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A Daughter of the Middle Border is a memoir written by American author Hamlin Garland. The book tells the story of Garland's childhood and coming of age in the late 19th century in the American Midwest, specifically in Wisconsin and Iowa. Garland's family were pioneers who settled... Read Full Overview