Project Gutenberg 2005-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 201 Anderson, Sherwood 1876 1941 Fever, Buck Windy McPherson's Son Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Text file produced by Anne Soulard, Eric Eldred, John R. Bilderback, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Windy McPherson's Son" by Sherwood Anderson is a novel written in the early 20th century that explores themes of identity, family, and the struggle for dignity in the face of societal expectations. The narrative follows the life of Sam McPherson, a thirteen-year-old boy living in the small Midwestern town of Caxton, Iowa. Sam grapples with the burdens of his father's failures and the desire to carve out a better life for himself against the backdrop of a community steeped in tradition and conformity. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Sam McPherson, who is portrayed as a tall, observant boy with dreams beyond his small town. As he navigates through Caxton, he encounters various figures, including his father, Windy McPherson, an old soldier struggling with the ghosts of his past and his own inflated self-importance. Sam's admiration for John Telfer, a dandy and self-proclaimed artist, and his interactions with townsfolk reveal much about his character and aspirations. The opening reveals a snapshot of life in a corn-shipping town, teeming with insights into the ambitions, relationships, and conflicts that shape both Sam's life and the lives of those around him. The story quickly sets up a contrast between Sam's hopes and the limitations imposed by his family and community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fathers and sons -- Fiction Bildungsromans Young men -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 718099 718100 2024-10-03T13:29:23.478530 2023-10-04T04:12:26.136702 text/html text/html 738874 2021-02-26T00:14:53 text/html; charset=utf-8 240179 2021-02-26T00:14:57 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 324831 2024-10-03T13:29:33.669480 application/epub+zip 334903 2024-10-03T13:29:26.866527 application/epub+zip 318670 2024-10-03T13:29:25.492534 application/epub+zip 586191 2024-10-03T13:29:39.116462 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 547277 2024-10-03T13:29:32.783527 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 519090 2022-09-04T06:04:48.620968 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 620744 620585 2024-10-03T13:29:22.188532 2023-10-04T04:12:25.065722 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 627315 2016-10-31T08:00:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 229022 2018-03-17T07:26:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 620453 2013-05-31T10:00:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 228298 2013-05-31T10:01:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 620444 2013-05-31T10:00:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 228261 2013-05-31T10:01:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23921 2024-10-03T13:29:39.257449 application/rdf+xml 14578 2024-10-03T13:29:26.043512 image/jpeg 3710 2024-10-03T13:29:25.765523 image/jpeg 317053 2024-10-03T13:29:23.534554 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