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Biographies (5)

873 words, approx. 3 pages
Hannibal Hamlin Garland (1860-1940), American author, augmented local-color writing by the new naturalistic techniques that combined realism with a sense of the individual's overwhelming struggle agai... Read more
5,469 words, approx. 19 pages
Hamlin Garland wrote over forty books, two of which remain important today. One of these is Main-Travelled Roads (1891), realistic short stories about midwestern farmers, while the other is Garland's ... Read more
3,768 words, approx. 13 pages
In spite of his long and productive career Hamlin Garland is a neglected literary figure. With the exception of his early collection of short stories, Main-Travelled Roads (1891), and his autobiograph... Read more
9,131 words, approx. 31 pages
During a productive and varied literary career Hamlin Garland published almost fifty volumes. But his reputation rests principally on his short fiction written before 1895, and particularly on his vol... Read more
6,772 words, approx. 23 pages
Hamlin Garland is now known almost solely for his short middle-border fiction written before 1895, particularly for his provocative and innovative collection of short stories, Main-Travelled Roads: Si... Read more