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There was enough disturbing force in this remark to set me at work. The life I intended to depict was passing. The machinery of that day is already gone. The methods of haying, harvesting, threshing, are quite changed, and the boys of my generation are already middle-aged men with poor memories; therefore I have taken a slice out of the year 1899 in order to put into shape my recollection of the life we led in northern Iowa thirty years ago. I trust the reader will permit my assumption of the airs of an old man for a single volume.
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There was enough disturbing force in this remark to set me at work. The life I intended to depict was passing. The machinery of that day is already gone. The methods of haying, harvesting, threshing, are quite changed, and the boys of my generation are already middle-aged men with poor memories; therefore I have taken a slice out of the year 1899 in order to put into shape my recollection of the life we led in northern Iowa thirty years ago. I trust the reader will permit my assumption of the airs of an old man for a single volume.
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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.
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In Boy Life on the Prairie, Hamlin Garland''s aim was "to tell directly and specifically what it was like to grow up in northeast Iowa in the years just after the Civil War. It may be safely said that no one else has given so clear and informative an account. . . . Ploughing, harvesting, and husking corn could be bitter toil for a boy, and this he makes us see. But this was not the whole of a boy''s life. The coming of spring, the games at school, and the Fourth of July were islands of delight."-from the Introduction by B. R. McElderry Jr. -- B. R. McElderry Jr. "from the Introduction"
In "Boy Life on the Prairie", Hamlin Garland''s aim was "to tell directly and specifically what it was like to grow up in northeast Iowa in the years just after the Civil War. It may be safely said that no one else has given so clear and informative an account. . . . Ploughing, harvesting, and husking corn could be bitter toil for a boy, and this he makes us see. But this was not the whole of a boy''s life. The coming of spring, the games at school, and the Fourth of July were islands of delight."--from the Introduction by B. R. McElderry Jr.--B. R. McElderry Jr. "from the Introduction "
In "Boy Life on the Prairie", Hamlin Garland's aim was "to tell directly and specifically what it was like to grow up in northeast Iowa in the years just after the Civil War. It may be safely said that no one else has given so clear and informative an account. . . . Ploughing, harvesting, and husking corn could be bitter toil for a boy, and this he makes us see. But this was not the whole of a boy's life. The coming of spring, the games at school, and the Fourth of July were islands of delight."--from the Introduction by B. R. McElderry Jr.--B. R. McElderry Jr. "from the Introduction "
In Boy Life on the Prairie, Hamlin Garland's aim was "to tell directly and specifically what it was like to grow up in northeast Iowa in the years just after the Civil War. It may be safely said that no one else has given so clear and informative an account. . . . Ploughing, harvesting, and husking corn could be bitter toil for a boy, and this he makes us see. But this was not the whole of a boy's life. The coming of spring, the games at school, and the Fourth of July were islands of delight."--from the Introduction by B. R. McElderry Jr.--B. R. McElderry Jr. "from the Introduction "
In "Boy Life on the Prairie", Hamlin Garland''s aim was "to tell directly and specifically what it was like to grow up in northeast Iowa in the years just after the Civil War. It may be safely said that no one else has given so clear and informative an account. . . . Ploughing, harvesting, and husking corn could be bitter toil for a boy, and this he makes us see. But this was not the whole of a boy''s life. The coming of spring, the games at school, and the Fourth of July were islands of delight."--from the Introduction by B. R. McElderry Jr.--B. R. McElderry Jr. "from the Introduction "
In "Boy Life on the Prairie", Hamlin Garland's aim was "to tell directly and specifically what it was like to grow up in northeast Iowa in the years just after the Civil War. It may be safely said that no one else has given so clear and informative an account. . . . Ploughing, harvesting, and husking corn could be bitter toil for a boy, and this he makes us see. But this was not the whole of a boy's life. The coming of spring, the games at school, and the Fourth of July were islands of delight."--from the Introduction by B. R. McElderry Jr.--B. R. McElderry Jr. "from the Introduction "
In Boy Life on the Prairie, Hamlin Garland's aim was "to tell directly and specifically what it was like to grow up in northeast Iowa in the years just after the Civil War. It may be safely said that no one else has given so clear and informative an account. . . . Ploughing, harvesting, and husking corn could be bitter toil for a boy, and this he makes us see. But this was not the whole of a boy's life. The coming of spring, the games at school, and the Fourth of July were islands of delight."--from the Introduction by B. R. McElderry Jr.--B. R. McElderry Jr. "from the Introduction "
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