6. Publication date 1922 Publisher New York, B. W. Huebsch, inc Collection cdl; americana Digitizing sponsor msn Contributor University of California Libraries Language English. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Windy McPherson's Son. It tells the story of an Iowa newsboy who fights his way to fortune in Chicago, then questions the meaning of his success. Addeddate 2006-06-21 10:38:47 Call number 90096 Camera 1Ds 'Windy McPherson's Son' is Anderson's first of seven novels and launched his career as a full length fiction author. Sherwood Anderson, the erstwhile owner of a paint factory and a workaday advertising writer in Chicago, published his classic Winesburg, Ohio in 1919. Sherwood Anderson was born in Camden, Ohio in 1876. ‎Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Windy McPherson's son by Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941. In … Windy McPherson's Son is the story of Sam McPherson's rise in the world of business and search for emotional enlightenment in later life. Anderson’s Chicago rooming house occupants were the models for the characters in Winesburg. Search. Anderson's first novel, Windy McPherson's Son, was published in 1916 as part of a three-book deal with John Lane. This book, along with his second novel, Marching Men (published in 1917) prepared him for the success and fame he was to find fame with Winesburg, Ohio a collection of interrelated short stories, Winesburg, Ohio (published in 1919). McPherson starts out as an ambitious newsboy in Caxton, Ohio, with drunkard of a father who constantly embarrasses him. It tells the story of an Iowa newsboy who fights his way to fortune in … Windy McPherson's Son. George Eliot, Adam Bede Sherwood's first novel, Windy McPherson's Son was published in 1916 as part of a three-book deal. It tells the story of an Iowa newsboy who fights his way to fortune in Chicago, then questions the meaning of his success. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and Elyria, Ohio. Windy McPherson's Son [Anderson, Sherwood] on Amazon.com. Sherwood Anderson's first and most autobiographical novel and the only one set in Illinois, Windy McPherson's Son received uniformly high praise from literary critics when it was first published. Windy McPherson's Son Sherwood Anderson's first and most autobiographical novel and the only one set in Illinois, Windy McPherson's Son received uniformly high praise from literary critics when it was first published. His first book, Windy McPherson’s Son, came out three years earlier, when Anderson was only 39. Introduction (1916) TO THE LIVING MEN AND WOMEN OF MY OWN MIDDLE WESTERN HOME TOWN THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED--The story suggests that the small town indignities of a family can create a disharmony among them that once would have been used to solidify the bounds that unite them. WINDY McPHERSON'S SON Windy McPherson's Son is a surprisingly mature work in its exploration of the idea of sexuality. In 1908, Anderson began writing short stories and novels. Advanced Search. 7. He left school at fourteen, and after working various jobs served in the Spanish-American War in 1898. Sherwood Anderson's first and most autobiographical novel and the only one set in Illinois, Windy McPherson's Son received uniformly high praise from literary critics when it was first published. Anderson’s first novel, Windy McPherson’s Son, is the story of an Iowa newsboy who makes his fortune in Chicago, and in it Anderson clearly drew from his own Chicago experiences, as he did in his second novel, Marching Men. 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