Prairie Folks

Prairie Folks

Hamlin Garland, american novelist, poet, psychical researcher essayist, and short story writer (1860-1940)


This ebook presents «Prairie Folks», from Hamlin Garland. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Prairie Folks

- Pioneers

- Settlers

- Part I. Uncle Ethan's Speculation

- In Patent Medicines

- Uncle Ethan Ripley

- Part Ii. The Test Of Elder Pill

- The Country Preacher

- Elder Pill Preacher

- Part Iii. William Bacon's Hired Man

- And Daughter Marietta

- William Bacon's Man

- Part Iv. Sim Burns's Wife

- A Prairie Heroine

- Sim Burns's Wife

- Part V. Saturday Night On The Farm

- Boys And Harvest Hands

- Saturday Night On The Farm

- Part Vi. Village Cronies

- A Game Of Checkers At The Grocery

- Some Village Cronies

- Part Vii. Drifting Crane

- The Indian And The Pioneer

- Drifting Crane

- Part Viii. Old Daddy Deering

- The Country Fiddler

- Daddy Deering

- Part Ix. The Sociable At Dudley's

- Dancing The Weevily Wheat

- The Sociable At Dudley's

- An Afterword, Of Winds, Snows And The Stars