A Spoil of Office

Name: A Spoil of Office
Author: Hamlin Garland

by Hamlin Garland

Novel exploring political corruption and reform during the Populist era

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Hamlin Garland

Hamlin Garland wrote unflinching accounts of the hardships of Midwestern farm life, coining the term 'veritism' for his brand of unromantic realism. His autobiography A Son of the Middle Border won the Pulitzer Prize.

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