Windy McPherson's Son is a portrait novel of the youth and coming of age of the main character, Hilton McPherson, in a small town in the mid-nineteenth century. Anderson, in his traditional style of realism, reveals the inner world of Hilton, his moral contradictions and external contradictions with others. The author successfully combines psychological analysis with the reproduction of the atmosphere of the era, which makes this work exciting and interesting for the reader. "Son of Windy McPherson" is a book that leaves a mark in the heart of everyone who has experienced the importance of family ties and finding one's own place in the world.