Garland, Hamlin 1860-1940 creator text utu 2001 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Main-Travelled Roads" by Hamlin Garland is a collection of short stories first published in 1891. Set in the prairie states of the "Middle Border," these eleven semi-autobiographical tales deconstruct the romanticized myth of American farm life. Garland portrays the brutal realities of rural Midwest existence: unrelenting toil, grinding poverty, and crushing hopelessness. Through stories of returning soldiers, struggling farmers, and exhausted farm wives, he exposes the economic injustices and social conditions that defined post-Civil War agrarian communities, creating what critics called a "terribly serious" work of unflinching realism. (This is an automatically generated summary.) A branch road — Up the cooly — Among the corn-rows — The return of a private — Under the lion's paw — The creamery man — A day's pleasure — Mrs. Ripley's trip — Uncle Ethan Ripley — God's Ravens — A "Good Fellow's" Wife Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main-Travelled_Roads Release date is 2001-09-01 Prepared by David Reed Original publication data not identified Short stories Western stories Mississippi River Valley -- Fiction PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2809 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2809 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133103.0 2809