Hamlin Garland
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Hamlin Garland was a novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. Garland lived as a homesteader in the Dakotas and resided in Boston, Chicago, and New York City. In Chicago, he became a major figure in the artistic development known as the ‘Chicago Renaissance.’ He was a pioneer in American fictional realism. His book ”Rose of Dutcher’s Coolly” is about a girl from rural Wisconsin who pursues a career as a poet in Chicago. It is considered by some to be his best novel.
*Name engraved on the frieze of the Illinois State Library alongside other great Illinois literary figures, 1990
A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West | A little Norsk and the spirit of Sweetwater | A member of the third house : | A son of the middle border | Boy life on the prairie. | Cavanagh, forest ranger | Cavanagh, forest ranger. | Christmas in Iowa | Companions on the trail. | Crumbling idols. | Daughter of the Middle Border. | Eagle’s heart. | Forty years of psychic research | Forty years of psychic research; | Her mountain lover | Hesper | Hesper; | Jason edwards. | Long trail : | MOCCASIN RANCH : | Main-travelled roads | Main-travelled roads / | Money Magic A Novel | Mystery of the buried crosses. | Other main-travelled roads | Prairie folks; | Prairie song and western story | Prairie songs : | Roadside meetings. | Rose of dutcher’s coolly. | The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop | The Forester’s Daughter : | The Light of the Star A Novel | The Rose of Dutcher’s Coolly / | The Shadow World | The Spirit of Sweetwater | The Tyranny of the Dark | The book of the American Indian | The captain of the Gray-horse troop | The trail of the goldseekers | They of the High Trails | Ulysses s. grant, his life and character. | Under the wheel : | Victor ollnee’s discipline. | WAYSIDE COURTSHIPS. | Witch’s gold :