Project Gutenberg 2005-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 134 Anderson, Sherwood 1876 1941 Fever, Buck Poor White: A Novel Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Text file produced by Eric Eldred, William Flis and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Poor White: A Novel" by Sherwood Anderson is a novel written during the early 20th century. The book revolves around the life of Hugh McVey, a young man born into poverty and hardship in a small town along the Mississippi River. It explores themes of social class, self-discovery, and the struggle to escape a cycle of indolence and familial dysfunction. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Hugh McVey, whose early life is marked by neglect and hardship, primarily due to the failings of his alcoholic father. Orphaned and left to fend for himself, Hugh unexpectedly finds an opportunity for growth when he begins working as a man's assistant at a railroad station. There, he experiences a new rhythm of life and the influence of Sarah Shepard, the station master's wife, who becomes a maternal figure and endeavors to educate him, pulling him away from the lethargy that plagues his family and community. In this opening portion, we see Hugh's struggle with his identity, his desire for self-improvement, and his gradual awakening to the possibilities of a life beyond his impoverished upbringing, setting the stage for his later journey toward independence and self-actualization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Historical fiction Inventors -- Fiction Middle West -- Fiction Industrial revolution -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 675575 675576 2024-10-03T13:20:52.502710 2023-10-04T04:05:49.730866 text/html text/html 683663 2021-01-27T00:45:53 text/html; charset=utf-8 224799 2021-01-27T00:45:53 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 305208 2024-10-03T13:21:01.486670 application/epub+zip 312689 2024-10-03T13:20:55.734665 application/epub+zip 297257 2024-10-03T13:20:54.371664 application/epub+zip 534686 2024-10-03T13:21:06.299652 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 496951 2024-10-03T13:21:00.648694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453060 2022-09-04T05:55:04.822836 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 602543 602405 2024-10-03T13:20:51.792687 2023-10-04T04:05:49.165881 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 605407 2018-03-14T14:55:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 216867 2018-03-17T07:23:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 602290 2013-07-05T14:18:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 216560 2013-07-05T14:18:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22459 2024-10-03T13:21:06.444608 application/rdf+xml 13325 2024-10-03T13:20:54.936666 image/jpeg 3482 2024-10-03T13:20:54.644667 image/jpeg 296007 2024-10-03T13:20:52.559725 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia