A Son of the Middle Border

by Hamlin Garland

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
[I.]	Home From the War	1
[II.]	The McClintocks	14
[III.]	The Home in the Coulee	27
[IV.]	Father Sells the Farm	42
[V.]	The Last Threshing in the Coulee	50
[VI.]	David and his Violin	59
[VII.]	Winnesheik "Woods and Prairie Lands"	68
[VIII.]	We Move Again	79
[IX.]	Our First Winter on the Prairie	85
[X.]	The Homestead on the Knoll	99
[XI.]	School Life	107
[XII.]	Chores and Almanacs	116
[XIII.]	Boy Life on the Prairie	125
[XIV.]	Wheat and the Harvest	144
[XV.]	Harriet Goes Away	161
[XVI.]	We Move to Town	173
[XVII.]	A Taste of Village Life	189
[XVIII.]	Back to the Farm	204
[XIX.]	End of School Days	221
[XX.]	The Land of the Dakotas	234
[XXI.]	The Grasshopper and the Ant	248
[XXII.]	We Discover New England	267
[XXIII.]	Coasting down Mt. Washington	279
[XXIV.]	Tramping, New York, Washington, and Chicago	287
[XXV.]	The Land of the Straddle-Bug	301
[XXVI.]	On to Boston	318
[XXVII.]	Enter a Friend	333
[XXVIII.]	A Visit to the West	353
[XXIX.]	I Join the Anti-Poverty Brigade	375
[XXX.]	My Mother is Stricken	396
[XXXI.]	Main Travelled Roads	410
[XXXII.]	The Spirit of Revolt	421
[XXXIII.]	The End of the Sunset Trail	433
[XXXIV.]	We Go to California	440
[XXXV.]	The Homestead in the Valley	455

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