{"product_id":"main-travelled-roads-9781948742030","title":"Main-Travelled Roads","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis masterpiece of naturalism offers an unblinking portrait of the American Midwest during a time of intense change. Part of Belt's Revivals Series and with a new introduction by Brianne Jacquette.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1891, \u003cem\u003eMain-Travelled Roads\u003c\/em\u003e includes 11 short stories set in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, or the region of America Hamlin Garland called the \"Middle Border.\" Depicting an agrarian life of exploitation, misogyny, and poverty, Garland's radical, realist stories--written in a mode he called \"veritism\"--refute romantic conceptions of the rural Midwest. Unrelenting, yet strangely hopeful in its view of how things ought to be, this collection is gripping, hard-hitting, and surprisingly beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn intriguing look at an era of intense change, \u003cem\u003eMain-Travelled Roads\u003c\/em\u003e was Garland's first major success, a little-known classic of American literature and the Midwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHamlin Garland\u003c\/b\u003e was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers. \u003cb\u003eBrianne Jaquette\u003c\/b\u003e is a teacher and writer originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has a PhD in English from the University of Missouri and is interested in the nineteenth century, regionalism, and literature.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Belt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433783496978,"sku":"9781948742030","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4a15bed2-b08a-4fc9-9fce-2258e188b1e6.jpg?v=1729586072","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/main-travelled-roads-9781948742030","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}