Prairie Song and Western Story

By Hamlin Garland

Book Overview

""Prairie Song and Western Story"" is a collection of short stories by American author Hamlin Garland. The book contains seven tales set in the American West during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, focusing on themes such as love, loss, and the struggles of frontier life. The stories feature a variety of characters, including cowboys, homesteaders, and Native Americans, and explore the challenges they face in a harsh and unforgiving landscape. Garland's writing style is characterized by vivid descriptions of the natural world and a deep empathy for his characters, making ""Prairie Song and Western Story"" a compelling and evocative read for fans of Western fiction.1928. 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. The choice of material for Prairie Song and Western Story was made in cooperation with the author. The selections are drawn from the pages of his novels, short stories, and essays, in which he has portrayed the march of settlement in the Middle West. In this text are the romance and the grim reality of the lives of the pioneers who pushed our frontier westward beyond the last mountain barriers and on to the Pacific slope. The fortunes of the Garland and McClintock families parallel vividly the drama of our westward-moving Middle Border. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1417905743
• ISBN13: 9781417905744
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"