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| 1. | Ham⋅lin [ham-lin] , 1860–1940, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet. |
| 2. | Judy (Frances Gumm), 1922–69, U.S. singer and actress. |
| 3. | a city in NE Texas, near Dallas. 138,857. |
| 4. | a male or female given name. |
| Garland, (Hannibal) American writer whose stories and novels, including the autobiographical A Son of the Middle Border (1917), depict the hardships endured by Midwestern farmers. |
Hamlin Garland
American author perhaps best remembered for his short stories and his autobiographical "Middle Border" series of narratives.
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