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Also Known As Hannibal Hamlin Garland
Born September 14, 1860 • Wisconsin
Died March 4, 1940 (aged 79) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works “A Son of the Middle Border” • “Crumbling Idols” • “Rose of Dutcher’s Coolly”
Movement / Style Midwestern Regionalism • naturalism

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