Typed letter signed to Robert D. Pepper, 1982 Apr. 11.

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Typed letter signed to Robert D. Pepper, 1982 Apr. 11.

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A very thoughtful letter discussing Hamlin Garland and the role of "the regional trap" in writing. "We read more to find out how alike we are than to find out how different... the ultimate yearning of ethnic difference is to become American... always with that flavor of origin preserved."

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8298793

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940

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Hamlin Garland, also known as Hannibal Hamlin Garland, (born September 14, 1860, West Salem, Wisconsin – died March 4, 1940, Hollywood, California), an author who put his own part of the country on the literary map, is best remembered by the title he gave his autobiography, Son of the Middle Border. Gaining his spurs with a successful collection of grimly naturalistic 'down home' stories in 1891, Garland came to prominence just as the "frontier" mentality was losing out to the waves of settlemen...

Pepper, Robert David.

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Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993.

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Recorded in Stegner's home. From the description of Interview by John Milton : cassette audio tape, June 20, 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398049 Robert Pepper taught in the English Department at San Jose State University. From the description of Typed letter signed to Robert D. Pepper, 1982 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83291245 Mormon school teacher and author. From the description of Letter, 1979. (Unknown). WorldCat re...