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The Hamlin Garland Library

The Hamlin Garland Library

Written by: Hamlin Garland
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Out beyond the towns, where the road runs deep through grass and dust, lie the lives Hamlin Garland knew best: farmers bent beneath hard labor, families pushing westward, restless sons and daughters dreaming of another life.

The Hamlin Garland Library brings these stories back to the open air. Tales of the Middle Border, of poverty and perseverance, of ambition, injustice, memory, and the stubborn beauty of the American prairie.

Follow the old roads, and meet the people who traveled them.Public domain
Episodes
  • The Tyranny of the Dark Book 1 Chapters 9–10

    The Tyranny of the Dark Book 1 Chapters 9–10
    Sep 26 2026
    In which a young minister, newly bereaved, finds solace and new purpose through a gifted girl whose mediumship bridges the realms of the living and the dead, drawing her into a sphere of influence both profound and perilous. Amidst spiritual battles and inner turmoil, the complexities of love, duty, and ambition entwine, as the characters confront the weighty demands of their unfolding destinies.
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    36 mins
  • The Tyranny of the Dark Book 1 Chapters 7–8

    The Tyranny of the Dark Book 1 Chapters 7–8
    Sep 23 2026
    In which the earnest interplay of science and faith unfolds within a mountain village, revealing the troubled plight of a young woman caught between her musical aspirations and the spectral dominion imposed by those around her. The narrative softly explores the tensions of belief and scepticism, the sway of spiritualist illusions, and the earnest struggles of those who seek to understand and, perhaps, save a soul ensnared in apparition and despair.
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    39 mins
  • The Tyranny of the Dark Book 1 Chapter 6

    The Tyranny of the Dark Book 1 Chapter 6
    Sep 20 2026
    In which a young, inquisitive professor rides through the Western mountains with a fair and spirited girl, gaining glimpses of her tender nature and the rugged life surrounding her. Their conversation reveals the shadow of a morbid preacher’s influence and the girl’s earnest yearning for freedom amid the earnest toil and wild beauty of the mining community.
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    30 mins
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