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Title: Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland, William Dean Howells, Joseph B. McCullough ISBN: 0-8032-7058-5 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: December, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A piece of American Naturalism
Comment: Garland is an expert at capturing local color. This collection of short stories shows the brutal reality of farm and rural life in the Midwest. His characters are thrown around in the cruel world and have no real way of escaping. His women characters are strong and hold their own in world dominated by hard working men. This book shows how it was like to live in the West one hundred years ago.
Rating: 4
Summary: A piece of American Naturalism
Comment: Garland captures the American West as it was at the end of the 19th Century. This collection of shorts stories is a slice of life in rural America. Garland is a true local colorist who portrays real, hard working farmers and the struggle to survive in the harsh landscape of the Midwest. Who is a true Naturalist who shows the brutal reality of American life and the lack of control people had on the conditions of their lives. These stories take you into the hardships of the countryfolk of one hundred years ago.
Rating: 4
Summary: The best of American Realism. Short stories full of heart.
Comment: Hamlin captures the essence of American Realism. The vividly painted scenes full of grit and labor keep this book moving. The characters are solid and provide the reader with a painfully honest view of life and love at the turn of the century. A necessary book for any decent collection of American Realism. Escape into the main traveled roads of humanity!
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Title: A New England Nun and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Sandra A. Zagarell ISBN: 0140437398 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: A Son of the Middle Border (Twentiety-Century Classics) by Hamlin Garland, Joseph B. McCullough ISBN: 0140187960 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Gilded Age: Essays on the Origins of Modern America by Charles W. Calhoun ISBN: 0842025006 Publisher: Scholarly Resources Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Ragged Dick Or, Street Life in New York With the Boot-Blacks by Horatio, Jr. Alger, Alan Trachtenberg ISBN: 0451524802 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: September, 1990 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Country of the Pointed Firs: And Other Stories by Sarah Orne Jewett, Anita Shreve ISBN: 0451527577 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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