Project Gutenberg 2005-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 235 Anderson, Sherwood 1876 1941 Fever, Buck Poor White: A Novel Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_White_(novel) Text file produced by Eric Eldred, William Flis and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Poor White: A Novel" by Sherwood Anderson is a novel written during the early 20th century. The book revolves around the life of Hugh McVey, a young man born into poverty and hardship in a small town along the Mississippi River. It explores themes of social class, self-discovery, and the struggle to escape a cycle of indolence and familial dysfunction. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Hugh McVey, whose early life is marked by neglect and hardship, primarily due to the failings of his alcoholic father. Orphaned and left to fend for himself, Hugh unexpectedly finds an opportunity for growth when he begins working as a man's assistant at a railroad station. There, he experiences a new rhythm of life and the influence of Sarah Shepard, the station master's wife, who becomes a maternal figure and endeavors to educate him, pulling him away from the lethargy that plagues his family and community. In this opening portion, we see Hugh's struggle with his identity, his desire for self-improvement, and his gradual awakening to the possibilities of a life beyond his impoverished upbringing, setting the stage for his later journey toward independence and self-actualization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Historical fiction Inventors -- Fiction Middle West -- Fiction Industrial revolution -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 675678 2025-08-03T11:22:07.630645 text/html 683663 2021-01-27T00:45:53 text/html 305278 2025-08-03T11:22:15.720672 application/epub+zip 312667 2025-08-03T11:22:10.526590 application/epub+zip 297235 2025-08-03T11:22:09.317663 application/epub+zip 534654 2025-08-03T11:22:20.066135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 496951 2025-08-03T11:22:14.942573 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453060 2022-09-04T05:55:04.822836 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 605608 2025-08-03T11:22:06.913628 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 605407 2018-03-14T14:55:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 602290 2013-07-05T14:18:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20898 2025-08-03T11:22:20.210096 application/rdf+xml 13325 2025-08-03T11:22:09.843629 image/jpeg 3482 2025-08-03T11:22:09.570660 image/jpeg 216867 2018-03-17T07:23:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 224799 2021-01-27T00:45:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 216560 2013-07-05T14:18:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 296046 2025-08-03T11:22:07.679688 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