Review of F. P. Grove in Europe and Canada: Translated Lives By Klaus Martens

• Main Author: Gammel, Irene
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2002
• Subjects: Other International and Area Studies; Canada; Elliot; Klaus; Iceland
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsquarterly/2296; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/greatplainsquarterly/article/3296/viewcontent/BR_Gammel.pdf

Canada's leading prairie author Frederick Philip Grove (1879-1948) had a predilection for strong and silent heroes: the unforgettable Niels Lindstedt in Settlers of the Marsh (1925), Abe Spalding in Fruits of the Earth (1933), John Elliot in Our Daily Bread (1928). Grove's fictional landsc...