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1Son of the Middle Border

By Hamlin Garland

In all the region of autobiography, so far as I know it, I do not know quite the like of Mr. Garland's story of his life, and I should rank it with the very greatest of that kind in literature. . . . It is the poet who sees the vast scale of human struggle with nature or the things she will withhold unless they are forced from her by man's tireless toil and mighty mechanism, and in the vision he knows a battle-joy as distinctive of this Son of the Middle Border as his fidelity to the sordid and squalid details of the campaign, or his exultation of the beauty of the West which he has so passionately hated and finally so passionately loves. As you read the story of his life you realize it the memorial of a generation, of a whole order of American experience; as you review it you perceive it an epic of such mood and make as has not been imagined before.(Introduction by William Dean Howells, New York Times review, August 26, 1917)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Do You Fear the Wind? by Hamlin Garland. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 3, 2013.<br><br>Taken from An American Anthology, 1787–1900, Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908).</p>

3Spirit of Sweetwater

By Hamlin Garland

Clement had unwittingly succeeded where others had failed at mining in the western Colorado mountains. Now he found himself wanting to share his success with some deserving soul, and one day found a young dying woman to whom he seemed inexplicably drawn. However he had a past which his conscience told him must be revealed in order for him to be worthy of a dying woman's love. Should a man of means expend the effort to clear his conscience in order to attempt a relationship destined to last but a short time? - Summary by Roger Melin

LibriVox volunteers take us out on the prairie among the wind and blue stem with readings of In the Autumn Grass by Hamlin Garland. This is the fortnightly poem for November 8, 2015.

5Tyranny of the Dark

By Hamlin Garland

Dr. Morton Serviss is a promising young scientist who believes in the here and now. Viola Lambert is a beautiful young woman who is haunted, and sometimes possessed, by the spirits of those who have died. After a chance meeting, they both are about to have their perceptions challenged. <br><br> Viola longs to escape from the life of a medium, but is unable to do so. Her mother and her pastor both encourage her in her abilities, and besides, she believes that the spirits themselves will never release her. Dr. Serviss doesn't believe in spirits, but he does see the necessity of her escape from the life she is living, and he is determined to release her. - Summary by Devorah Allen<br><br> <b>THE CHARACTERS CONCERNED<br> <i>Those in the Light:</i></b><br> Viola Lambert, <i>the subject:</i> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4174">Availle</a><br>Mrs. Lambert, <i>her mother:</i> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16386">Nichole James</a><br>Jospeh Lambert, <i>her step-father:</i> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>Anthony Clarke, <i>her pastor:</i> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16205">James R. Hedrick</a><br>Dr. Britt, <i>her physician:</i> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11484">Mike Manolakes</a><br>Morton Serviss, <i>her lover:</i> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15042">John Payton</a><br>Kate Rice, <i>her friend:</i> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11084">Devorah Allen</a><br>Dr. Weissmann, <i>her investigator:</i> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16034">kromaine</a><br>Simeon Pratt, <i>her patron:</i> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4705">Algy Pug</a><br>Clinton Ward: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/2156">Roger Melin</a><br>Mr. Lambert's Cook: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12980">Wayne Cooke</a><br>Dinner Hostess: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br>Dinner Guest: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15552">Anthony Joseph</a><br>Pratt's Guest 1: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16097">Jennifer Wilson</a><br>Pratt's Guest 2: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16409">Mira Williams</a><br>A Detective: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15626">Mason Lewis</a><br>An Author: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16409">Mira Williams</a><br>Pratt's Usher: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15626">Mason Lewis</a><br>Pratt's Servant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12980">Wayne Cooke</a><br>Pratt's Maid: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14297">Scarbo</a><br>Dr. Tolman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14462">Shawn Clayton</a><br>Kate's Maid: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11059">Lauren-Emma Blake</a><br>A Reporter: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15932">Andrea Atwood</a><br><i><b>Those in the Dark:</b></i><br>Waldron, <i>her father:</i> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16450">Mark Kilkelly</a><br>MacLeod, <i>her "control":</i> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br>Waltie, <i>her poltergeist:</i> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15932">Andrea Atwood</a><br>Jennie Pratt, <i>Pratt's eldest daughter:</i> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br>"Loggy": <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br>Great Aunt Dosia: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16097">Jennifer Wilson</a><br>Adele: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br>Mrs. Serviss: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16097">Jennifer Wilson</a><br>Mina: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br>Narrated by: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7026">Michele Eaton</a><br>