02555cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000320011324500310014526400510017630000470022733600260027433700260030033800360032650000310036250503200039350800970071352011720081053400450198265300200202765300560204765300540210385600430215799900170220020714UtSlPG20260610133458.0mcr n260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aGarland, Hamlin,d1860-194010aOther Main-Travelled Roads 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2007  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2007-03-010 aIntroductory verse -- William Bacon's man -- Elder Pill, preacher -- A day of grace -- Lucretia Burns -- Daddy Deering -- A stop-over at Tyre -- A division in the coolly -- A fair exile -- An alien in the pines -- Before the low green door -- A preacher's love story -- An afterword: of winds, snows, and the stars.  aProduced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net  a"Other Main-Travelled Roads" by Hamlin Garland is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The book primarily explores the lives of farmers and villagers in the American Midwest, capturing the struggles and triumphs of rural life during that era. Through the characters, such as Lyman Gilman and Marietta Bacon, Garland vividly depicts the challenges faced by individuals striving for love and stability amidst the hard realities of farming life.  The opening of "Other Main-Travelled Roads" introduces readers to Lyman Gilman, a hired man working for Farmer Bacon, as he savors the early signs of spring on the Iowa prairie. His interactions with Marietta, the farmer's daughter, hint at a burgeoning romance, layered with the typical joys and constraints of rural existence. The narrative builds up tension as Lyman plans to propose to Marietta while grappling with the potential disapproval of her father. The scene is set with a contrast between the idyllic landscape and the difficult dynamics of farm life, establishing both a romantic and a social conflict that will drive the story forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aWestern stories  aFrontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction  aWest (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20714  c61949d61949