Project Gutenberg 2025-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 130 Todd, Burbank L. Hastings, Howard L. (Howard Livingston) 1887 1955 Hastings, H. L. (Howard Livingston) Hiram in the Middle West : $b Or, A young farmer's upward struggle $aUnited States :$bGeorge Sully & Company, $c1920. Aaron Adrignola, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Hiram in the Middle West: Or, A Young Farmer's Upward Struggle" by Burbank L. Todd is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Hiram Strong, a determined young farmer who arrives in Pringleton to manage the newly acquired Sunnyside Farm after the previous house burned down. Set against the backdrop of rural farming life, the narrative explores Hiram’s challenges and aspirations as he seeks to carve out his place in the agricultural landscape. The opening of the novel introduces Hiram as he arrives at a quiet train station in the rain-drenched town of Pringleton, expressing his immediate sense of isolation. He encounters the eccentric stationmaster and learns about the peculiarities of the area, including the hermitic Yancey Battick, who lives nearby and is notorious for his peculiar behavior and intense fear of rats. As Hiram journeys to find accommodation, he stumbles upon Battick's home, where he learns more about Battick's strange fears and motivations involving a potentially valuable type of wheat he seems to be hoarding. This establishes a foundation for Hiram's journey filled with agricultural struggles along with the peculiar characters he meets, suggesting a narrative rich with humor, insight, and the spirit of perseverance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433089213254&view=1up&seq=13 20221127162605todd 1920 us Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Pastoral fiction Agriculture -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 389550 2025-06-30T03:31:34.704242 text/html 363763 2025-02-19T08:00:02 text/html 692064 2025-06-30T03:31:40.528230 application/epub+zip 691884 2025-06-30T03:31:35.680262 application/epub+zip 273804 2025-06-30T03:31:35.172254 application/epub+zip 717867 2025-06-30T03:31:44.327165 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 688746 2025-06-30T03:31:40.120182 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362309 2025-06-30T03:31:33.669237 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 342315 2025-02-19T08:00:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16158 2025-06-30T03:31:44.483164 application/rdf+xml 9747 2025-06-30T03:31:35.353233 image/jpeg 1960 2025-06-30T03:31:35.264211 image/jpeg 593495 2025-06-30T03:31:34.748233 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