Hamlin Garland

January 10, 2024
Poet

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Hamlin Garland
Full Name Hamlin Garland
Occupation Poet
Date Of Birth Sep 14, 1860(1860-09-14)
Age 164
Date Of Death 1940-03-04
Birthplace West Salem
Country United States
Birth City Wisconsin
Horoscope Virgo

Hamlin Garland Biography

Name Hamlin Garland
Birthday Sep 14
Birth Year 1860
Place Of Birth West Salem
Home Town Wisconsin
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Virgo
Parents Charlotte Isabelle McClintock, Richard Garlin
Spouse Zulime Taft Garland
Children(s) Constance Hamlin Garland, Mary Isabel Garland

Hamlin Garland is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on September 14, 1860 in West Salem, Wisconsin, United States. He was an author and poet who wrote about Midwestern farmers’ lives. His works include Prairie Folks (1892), Main-Travelled Roads (1891), and Jason Edwards: An average man (1892).

He also wrote popular serialized biographies of Ulysses S. Grant, for McClure’s Magazine.

He was the second child of four and was born on a Wisconsin farm.

Hamlin Garland Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Poet
House Living in own house.

Hamlin Garland is one of the richest Poet from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hamlin Garland 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After moving to various homesteads with his family he settled in Boston and achieved early success with Main-Travelled Roads, a collection of short stories.

His novels were colored by his “veritism”, a style in which he conscious described the real social forces that influenced his fictional characters.

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Who is Hamlin Garland Dating?

According to our records, Hamlin Garland married to Zulime Taft Garland. As of December 1, 2023, Hamlin Garland’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Hamlin Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Hamlin Garland celebrates birthday on September 14 of every year.

Top Facts about Hamlin Garland

1. Hannibal Hamlin Garland was born on September 14, 1860 in West Salem, Wisconsin.
2. He was named after Hannibal Hamlin, the vice-president under Abraham Lincoln.
3. Garland lived on various Midwestern farms throughout his young life, then settling in Boston, Massachusetts in 1884.
4. He became enamored with the ideas of George’s Single Tax Movement which influenced his work.
5. Main-Travelled Roads was his first major success, published in 1891.
6. He serialized a biography of Ulysses S. Grant in McClure’s Magazine before publishing it as a book in 1898.
7. Garland moved to Chicago in 1893 where he was considered a significant figure in the city’s literary movement.
8. He married Zulime Taft, the sister of sculptor Lorado Taft, and began working as a teacher and a lecturer.
9. He won the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his second series of memoirs.
10. In 1929, he moved to Hollywood, California and dedicated his remaining years to investigating psychic phenomena.
11. A regular writing system for him included getting up at half past five and brewing a pot of coffee.
12. He died at age 79 in Hollywood on March 4, 1940.
13. A memorial service was held three days later near his home in Glendale, California.
14. His ashes were buried in Neshonoc Cemetery in West Salem, Wisconsin, on March 14.
15. The Hamlin Garland House in West Salem was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1971.

Where is Hamlin Garland?

Location 357 W. Garland St., West Salem, Wisconsin
Coordinates 43°53′56″N 91°4′51″W
Built 1893
Architect William Hull

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Where was Hamlin Garland born?

West Salem, WI

What is Hamlin Garland known for?

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.

What is under the Lion's Paw about?

This short story is about the Haskins family. They settled on land in the Midwest which got ruined by grasshoppers. Their neighbor, Jim Council, assists them in purchasing farm land from a man named Jim Butler. Haskins and his family must work on the farm in order to pay it off.

Where did Hamlin Garland grow up?

Garland, Hamlin (1860-1940) Born at La-Crosse, Wisconsin , September 14, 1860, he was educated at Cedar Valley Seminary, Iowa, the University of Wisconsin (Hon. LL. D., 1926), and the University of California (1927). As a young man Garland spent his early life in farming.

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