A Little Norsk - Garland, Hamlin
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A little Norsk or Ol' Pap's Flaxen explores the emotional weight of frontier life through the relationship between two men and a young orphaned girl on the Dakota prairie. Set in a bleak, wintry landscape shaped by hardship, the story captures the quiet resilience of people who find unexpected kinship in the midst of isolation. When a child is discovered alone after a blizzard claims her mother, the two men take her in, not out of duty, but from a shared impulse to protect something innocent in a world of relentless struggle. The narrative doesn t hinge on dramatic events but on the slow…mehr

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A little Norsk or Ol' Pap's Flaxen explores the emotional weight of frontier life through the relationship between two men and a young orphaned girl on the Dakota prairie. Set in a bleak, wintry landscape shaped by hardship, the story captures the quiet resilience of people who find unexpected kinship in the midst of isolation. When a child is discovered alone after a blizzard claims her mother, the two men take her in, not out of duty, but from a shared impulse to protect something innocent in a world of relentless struggle. The narrative doesn t hinge on dramatic events but on the slow building of trust and affection, showing how care and companionship can develop in the harshest circumstances. The prairie setting is not just a backdrop but a constant force, shaping behavior, emotion, and survival. Through sparse dialogue and understated action, the novel illuminates the inner lives of those who live close to the land.
Autorenporträt
Hannibal Hamlin Garland was an American novelist, poet, essayist, short story author, Georgist, and psychical researcher. He is best known for his fiction about hardworking Midwestern farmers. Hannibal Hamlin Garland was born on a farm near West Salem, Wisconsin, on September 14, 1860, as the second of four children of Richard Garland of Maine and Charlotte Isabelle McClintock. The boy was named after Abraham Lincoln's vice president, Hannibal Hamlin. He grew up on numerous Midwestern farms before relocating to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1884 to pursue a writing career. He read diligently at the Boston Public Library. There he grew infatuated with Henry George's views and the Single Tax Movement. George's beliefs influenced several of his writings, including Main-Travelled Roads (1891), Prairie Folks (1892), and his novel Jason Edwards (1892). Main-Travelled Roads was his first big hit. It was a compilation of short stories inspired by his time on the farm. He serialized a biography of Ulysses S. Grant in McClure's Magazine before turning it into a book in 1898. The same year, Garland visited the Yukon to observe the Klondike Gold Rush, which inspired The Trail of the Gold Seekers (1899).