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The Hawkeye author Herbert Quick and his work
The excerpt reviews Herbert Quick’s literary impact, praising The Brown Mouse Vandemark’s Folly and The Hawkeye. It traces Quick’s Iowa roots, varied career paths from farming to law to teaching, and his role in agricultural education and public life. The narrative then shifts to a scene with Jim Irwin and Jennie Woodruff, detailing village life, class tensions, and a farm laborer’s strained romance as they discuss teaching, farming, and community politics.
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Herbert, Quick
Vandemark
Steamboat Rock
Grundy County
Iowa
Mason City
Sioux City
Citizens' Committee
Sionx City
Supreme Judge
Follette’s Weekly
Madison
Wis
Farm & Fireside
Springfield
Ohio
Federal 7 Tm Loan Bureau
Washington
Jim
Jim Irwin
Jennie Woodruff
Colonel Woodruff
Petunias
Woodruff
Irwin
Jennie
Held
Dick's
Emerson
Carlyles
Bayville
Emerson, Thoreau, Ruskin
Columbus Brown
Bronson Slew
Newt
Newton Bronson
Des Moines
Faribault
Newton
Thadk
Prue Foster
Peterson Ad Bonner
Prue
Con Bonner
Maggie Gilmartin
Haakon Peterson
Herman Paulson
Tim
Garfield
Con
Cornelius Bonner
Destiny
Bonner
Hara Bronson
Foster
Wance