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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.]]>enFictionPublic domainhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9a95cdd95cfa7bde77c0858da27a2aaf.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-hamlin-garland-library--7346060Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:33:22 +0000Hamlin GarlandGood Old Classicsfeeds@spreaker.comOut 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...
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.]]>false5b932529-4b8c-5fbd-9dec-71f3e398a725serialhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tyranny-of-the-dark-book-1-chapters-1-4--75126783https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75126783Tue, 15 Sep 2026 07:00:34 +0000Hamlin GarlandIn which the secluded village of Colorow, nestled amid towering mountains and tranquil streams, is revealed as a place of slow transformation from a rugged mining camp to a peaceful mountain resort, where a young girl named Viola Lambert contemplates...2223false11fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tyranny-of-the-dark-book-1-chapter-5--75126784https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75126784Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:30:05 +0000Hamlin GarlandIn which a young scientist named Serviss becomes reluctantly entangled with a mysterious family, whose cultivated daughter and imposing pastor introduce him to a curious conflict between science and spiritualism, veiled by their genteel hospitality....2047false12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tyranny-of-the-dark-book-1-chapter-6--75126785https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75126785Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:30:05 +0000Hamlin GarlandIn 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...1799false13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tyranny-of-the-dark-book-1-chapters-7-8--75126786https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75126786Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:30:05 +0000Hamlin GarlandIn 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...2359false14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tyranny-of-the-dark-book-1-chapters-9-10--75126787https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75126787Sat, 26 Sep 2026 18:30:05 +0000Hamlin GarlandIn 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...2150false15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tyranny-of-the-dark-book-2-chapter-1--75126789https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75126789Tue, 29 Sep 2026 18:30:04 +0000Hamlin GarlandIn which the narrative leads us through the austere halls of a bacteriologic laboratory where tireless men of science, absorbed in the mysteries of life’s tiniest enemies, harbour dreams as grand as those who traverse the heavens. We meet Morton...1108false16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tyranny-of-the-dark-book-2-chapter-2--75126790https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75126790Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:30:05 +0000Hamlin GarlandIn which the curious and troubled history of Viola Lambert unfolds amid the realms of spiritualism and scientific scepticism, drawing Doctor Serviss into a web of sorrowful devotion and mysterious phenomena. The tale softly explores the tensions...1943false17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tyranny-of-the-dark-book-2-chapter-3--75126791https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75126791Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:30:04 +0000Hamlin GarlandIn which Morton wrestles with his conflicting impressions of Viola Lambert, a girl enmeshed in spiritualist circles that both repel and intrigue him, while his sister Kate insists on probing deeper into the truth behind the mysterious phenomena and...1332false18fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tyranny-of-the-dark-book-2-chapter-4--75126792https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75126792Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:30:05 +0000Hamlin GarlandIn which a once-imperious New York financier, bereft of his beloved wife and daughters in a tragic accident, finds solace and renewal in the realm of spiritualism, embracing a new purpose through the ministrations of mediums and psychics. Into this...2087false19fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tyranny-of-the-dark-book-2-chapter-5--75126793https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75126793Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:30:05 +0000Hamlin GarlandIn which a visit to the house of Simeon Pratt introduces us to the troubled medium Viola Lambert, whose gift binds her to a realm of restless spirits and to the controlling influence of zealots intent on her public mission. Amidst displays of strange...2594false110fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tyranny-of-the-dark-book-2-chapter-6--75126794https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75126794Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:30:03 +0000Hamlin GarlandIn which Morton Serviss, a man of science sceptical yet intrigued, confronts the perplexing world of spiritualism through the case of a young medium ensnared by fervent believers and sinister influence. As he weighs the claims of ghosts and trances...1272false111full