num_pages: 58
description: Number Four in the Whirling World Series from Clio Press, Iowa CityFeaturing a Rubber-Cut by Richard GatesMany of these poems were originally printed in the old "Midland Monthly," edited some forty years ago by Jonson Brigham. Many were printed in "Prairie Songs," published in 1894 and now long out of print. These seem to me to posses, in addition to their obvious charm, a real historical value, recording as they do many of the details of a prairie life now either long gone or obsolescent. That such memories are previous and not to be lightly lost, is the belief of the makers of this little book...The poems are here divided into four sections. The first series orders itself into the procession of the seasons as they march across the Iowa prairie. The second brings back certain phases of life on the land -- prairie chickens, the striped gopher, fighting fire, the native grasses. The third group catches up homely phrases of life in dialect. And the fourth consists of later poems, hitherto uncollected and, in some cases, unpublished..From the introduction by series editor Frank Luther Mott
language: English
title: Iowa, O Iowa
titlecomplete: Iowa, O Iowa (The Works Of Hamlin Garland - 45 Volumes)
places: Iowa
publisher: Reprint Services Corp