Main-travelled roads /
by Hamlin Garland.

Description

Main Author

Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : Harper, [1899]

Edition

Border ed.

Subjects

Manners and customs.
Farms and farming > Farms and farming / Mid-West (U.S.) > Farms and farming / Mid-West (U.S.) / Fiction.
West United States.
West (U.S.) > West (U.S.) / Social life and customs > West (U.S.) / Social life and customs / Late 19th century > West (U.S.) / Social life and customs / Late 19th century / Fiction.
Nouvelles.
Short stories.
Fiction.
Short stories.
short stories.

Summary

These short stories are set in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, or what Garland called the "Middle Border." They depict an agrarian life of exploitation, misogyny, and poverty. Garland's radical, realist stories refute romantic conceptions of the rural Midwest.

Physical Description

377 pages ; 19 cm

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