The Nature of the Place
The Nature of the Place

Author: Diane Dufva Quantic

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1995-06-01

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780803288508

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The Great Plains has long been fertile ground for literature. The Nature of the Place is a comprehensive study of novels and stories by such Plains writers as Willa Cather, Wright Morris, Mari Sandoz, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frederick Manfred, Wallace Stegner, and Bess Streeter Aldrich. Throughout, Diane Dufva Quantic is aware of the region’s collective social and cultural history—aware of the immensely fruitful clash between that complex history and Plains myth (such as “Garden of the World” and “Great American Desert”). In the vast and changeable Great Plains, as Wright Morris once remarked, “Many things would come to pass, but the nature of the place would remain a matter of opinion.”

The Rose of Dutchers Coolly (Classic Reprint)
The Rose of Dutchers Coolly (Classic Reprint)

Author: Hamlin Garland

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2019-01-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780260632531

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Excerpt from The Rose of Dutchers Coolly Rose was an unaccountable child from the start. She learned to speak early and while she did not use baby-talk she had strange words of her own. She called hard money tow and a picture tac, names which had nothing to do with onomatopoeia though it seemed so in some cases. Bread and milk she called plop. She began to read of her own accord when four years old, picking out the letters from the advertisements of the newspapers, and running to her mother at the sink or bread-board to learn what each word meant. Her demand for stories grew to be a burden. She was insatiate, nothing but sleep subdued her eager brain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West

Author: William Cronon

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2009-11-02

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 0393072452

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A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and Winner of the Bancroft Prize. "No one has written a better book about a city…Nature's Metropolis is elegant testimony to the proposition that economic, urban, environmental, and business history can be as graceful, powerful, and fascinating as a novel." —Kenneth T. Jackson, Boston Globe

Iowa
Iowa

Author: Michael A. Martin

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2002-07-02

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9780836851335

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Presents the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, social life and customs, state events and attractions, and notable people of Iowa.

Delphi Complete Works of Hamlin Garland (Illustrated)
Delphi Complete Works of Hamlin Garland (Illustrated)

Author: Hamlin Garland

Publisher: Delphi Classics

Published: 2021-05-23

Total Pages: 5898

ISBN-13: 1801700109

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A Pulitzer Prize winning American author, Hamlin Garland is best remembered today for his short stories and his autobiographical “Middle Border” series of narratives, charting the difficult lives of hard-working Midwestern farmers. His landmark story collection ‘Main-Travelled Roads’ was a popular success, portraying the hardships of agrarian life, deconstructing the conventional myth of the American prairie while highlighting the economic and social conditions of the rural Midwest. This comprehensive eBook presents Garland’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Garland’s life and works * The complete Middle Border series for the first time in digital publishing * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 21 novels, with individual contents tables * Features many rare novels for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare short stories, including ‘Delmar of Pima’, first time in digital print * Includes Garland’s rare poetry collection – available in no other collection * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: Middle Border Series A Son of the Middle Border (1917) A Daughter of the Middle Border (1921) Trail-Makers of the Middle Border (1926) Back-Trailers from the Middle Border (1928) The Novels Jason Edwards (1892) Rose of Dutcher’s Coolly (1895) A Member of the Third House (1892) A Little Norsk (1892) A Spoil of Office (1892) The Spirit of Sweetwater (1898) Boy Life on the Prairie (1899) The Eagle’s Heart (1900) Her Mountain Lover (1901) The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop (1902) Hesper (1903) The Light of the Star (1904) The Tyranny of the Dark (1905) Witch’s Gold (1906) The Long Trail (1907) Money Magic (1907) The Shadow World (1908) The Moccasin Ranch (1909) Cavanagh, Forest Ranger (1910) Victor Ollnee’s Discipline (1911) The Forester’s Daughter (1914) The Short Stories Main-Travelled Roads (1891) Prairie Folks (1893) Wayside Courtships (1897) Delmar of Pima (1902) Other Main-Travelled Roads (1910) They of the High Trails (1916) The Poetry Prairie Songs (1893) The Non-Fiction The Trail of the Gold Seekers (1899) A Pioneer Mother (1922) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks