About this title: "Boy Life on the Prairie" was first published in 1899, some eighteen years before the appearance of Hamlin Garland's "A Son of the Middle Border," The broad scope of the latter book, as B. R. McElderry, Jr., tells us in the introduction to this new edition of "Boy Life," has overshadowed the "earlier and better book of reminiscence dealing specifically with Garland's boyhood experiences on an Iowa farm from 1869 to about 1881. When he wrote "Boy Life on the Prairie" Garland was much closer to the subject than he was in 1917, and he had the advantage of a more restricted aim: to tell directly ...
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Edition: Not a first Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1961
Description: Good. Complete text of the first 1899 edition with an introduction by B. R. McElderry, Jr. A couple spine and cover creases, name written inside, light page yellowing. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bison Books, Lincoln
Date Published: 1967
Description: Very Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8h x 5 1/2w. A nice 435 page book. The complete text of the first (1899) edition. Has scattered pictures. Tell directly and specifically what it was like to grow up in Northeast Iowa before the Cilil War. A nice book with light general wear. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, U.S. A
Date Published: 1967
Description: Fair. No Jacket. This book has some shelf wear as well as marks and tanning on the cover and pages. This book is 435 pages about prairie life. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Allyn and Bacon
Date Published: 1926
Description: Deming, Edward W. Very good. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked throughout. Cover shows moderate wear. Slight cracking of hinge. 354 p. Includes illustrations. "Academy Classics" read more
Edition: First edition. first thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Allyn and Bacon, New York
Date Published: 1926
Description: Edward W. Deming. Very good. No dust jacket. 354 p. Includes illustrations. academy classics for junior high schools Book is solid, tight, clean and square with school stamp on inside cover, no other markings that I see. Frontispiece of Garland; some edge rubbing and one bumped corner read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Allyn and Bacon, Boston
Date Published: 1926
Description: Deming, Edward. Fair. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. 354pp Dampstain to front cover and first 120pp PON on front pastedown small and neat. Agetoned. spine bottom and corners bumped Rear hinge split. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 1961
Description: Good. Ex-Library with normal markings. Soft cover. Normal cover and page wear. Unmarked text. Buy with confidence. 100% satisfaction guaranteed! ! Shipped each business day. read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00404 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
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