Project Gutenberg 2007-08-15 Public domain in the USA. 419 Garland, Hamlin 1860 1940 21019669 A Daughter of the Middle Border Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Daughter of the Middle Border" by Hamlin Garland is a biographical narrative written in the early 20th century. The work serves as a continuation of Garland's previous autobiography, detailing his experiences and relationships within a pioneer family setting in the American Midwest. The book explores themes of family, the passage of time, and the transformation of American society, centering around Garland's reflections on his childhood and the lives of his family members. The opening of the narrative begins with Garland recounting his decision to move back to the West to care for his aging parents after a successful career in the East. He vividly describes the family homestead in West Salem, Wisconsin, their interactions, and the life they are trying to build together. His father is portrayed as a traditional pioneer, and his mother expresses a longing for a daughter. This dynamic sets a personal tone, as Garland focuses on individual relationships and the intimate moments that define them, highlighting the themes of homecoming and nostalgia that will resonate throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 PS Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature Category: Biographies Category: American Literature 808368 2025-06-09T10:56:43.024798 text/html 817498 2007-08-15T07:17:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 688582 2007-08-15T07:18:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 694335 2025-06-09T10:56:56.682236 application/epub+zip 708049 2025-06-09T10:56:47.074754 application/epub+zip 390402 2025-06-09T10:56:45.355782 application/epub+zip 971252 2025-06-09T10:57:03.680197 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 930799 2025-06-09T10:56:55.294287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 594439 2022-09-10T12:36:51.317597 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 749169 2025-06-09T10:56:41.645791 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 748962 2007-08-15T07:17:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 298700 2007-08-15T07:18:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 748955 2007-08-15T07:17:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 298618 2007-08-15T07:18:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20668 2025-06-09T10:57:03.852187 application/rdf+xml 11953 2025-06-09T10:56:45.972791 image/jpeg 3035 2025-06-09T10:56:45.675755 image/jpeg 709444 2025-06-09T10:56:43.124778 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia