Boy Life on the Prairie is an 1899 novel by Hamlin Garland based on his own experiences and typical activities of boys of the period. Not an autobiography, but the work is as faithful and as accurate as Mr Garland's memory and literary skill would allow. - AsNotedIn
One afternoon in the autumn of 1868 Duncan Steward, leading his little fleet of prairie schooners, entered upon The Big Prairie of northern Iowa, and pushed resolutely on into the west.
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1899/00/00 | Hamlin Garland | Author | "Boy Life on the Prairie" by Hamlin Garland is published by Macmillan. | Beginnings of Bad Boy Literature | |||
| 1899/00/00 | Macmillan Publishers | Publisher | "Boy Life on the Prairie" by Hamlin Garland is published by Macmillan. | Beginnings of Bad Boy Literature |
| Particulars for Boy Life on the Prairie (book): | |||
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| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Vehicle | Conestoga wagon | horse-drawn freight wagon that originated during the 18C in the Conestoga Creek region of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, designed for hauling freight over bad roads | |
| Narrative Arts | Factual | concerned with what is actually true rather than interpretations of or reactions to it | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Art Type | Novel | long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
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