Windy McPherson's Son by Sherwood Anderson
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"Windy McPherson's Son" by Sherwood Anderson is a novel published in 1916. It follows Sam McPherson's journey from ambitious newsboy in small-town Iowa, embarrassed by his drunkard father, to successful Chicago businessman. As Sam climbs the corporate ladder, his personal life crumbles—his marriage fails, and professional triumphs leave him empty. Wealthy but unhappy, he abandons everything to wander America seeking meaning. Anderson's debut novel explores the American dream's hollow promises and one
man's search for authentic fulfillment beyond material success. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 |
|---|---|
| Title | Windy McPherson's Son |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windy_McPherson%27s_Son |
| Credits |
Text file produced by Anne Soulard, Eric Eldred, John R. Bilderback, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Fathers and sons -- Fiction |
| Subject | Bildungsromans |
| Subject | Young men -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 7443 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-07443-6 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 672 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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