Trail-Makers of the Middle Border

426 pp. The first of a series of autobiographical chronicles, followed by A son of the middle border, and, A daughter of the middle border, concluded in Back-trailers from the middle border. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.