Hamlin Garland is remembered today for his innovative collections of short stories. Main-Travelled Roads is his most famous collection. This version contains six stories and is an undisputed American classic. "Under the Lion's Paw" shows an honest, hard-working farmer victimized by a greedy landlord. Another powerful story is the semi-autobiographical "Up the Coulee," about a successful son who returns from the East to find his mother and brother trapped on a poor farm, defeated in spite of their best efforts. "Mrs. Ripley's Trip" is a tender story of an elderly couple settled in their frugal…mehr
Hamlin Garland is remembered today for his innovative collections of short stories. Main-Travelled Roads is his most famous collection. This version contains six stories and is an undisputed American classic. "Under the Lion's Paw" shows an honest, hard-working farmer victimized by a greedy landlord. Another powerful story is the semi-autobiographical "Up the Coulee," about a successful son who returns from the East to find his mother and brother trapped on a poor farm, defeated in spite of their best efforts. "Mrs. Ripley's Trip" is a tender story of an elderly couple settled in their frugal country ways, with the wife determined to realize her dream of revisiting childhood scenes. Rounding out the collection are "The Return of a Private," "The Branch Road," and "Among the Corn Rows." Though Garland's stories are not always "pretty," he describes exhilarating moments in the lives of these farming folks, highlighting the strength of extraordinary characters. This work is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.
Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was a prolific American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer closely associated with the local color movement in American literature, as well as for his vigorous portrayal of the hardships of Midwestern rural life. Born in West Salem, Wisconsin, Garland traveled extensively throughout the Midwestern and Western United States, experiences that greatly influenced his writing. His seminal collection of short stories, 'Main-Travelled Roads' (1891), is noted for its realistic depiction of the lives of Midwestern farmers and brought him critical acclaim for its truthful, sometimes brutal, narrative style and its empathetic treatment of the subject matter. Garland's literary approach often combined realism with aspects of naturalism— a style that was innovative for its time. He pioneered themes of agrarian discontent and the conflict between urban and rural societies, subjects he went on to explore in further depth in other works like 'Rose of Dutcher's Coolly' (1895) and 'A Son of the Middle Border' (1917), an autobiography that extended into 'A Daughter of the Middle Border' (1921), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. Through his writing, Garland endeavored to shine a persuasive light on neglected corners of American life, firmly establishing him as a key figure in the transition towards modernist themes in early 20th-century American literature.
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