Main-travelled roads /
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940,
Main-travelled roads / Hamlin Garland. - 5 CDs (approximately 6 hr., 9 min.) : digital ; 12 cm. - Classic collection. .
Unabridged. Title from disc label.
Performed by Walter Zimmerman and Donald Wight.
CLASSIC FICTION (PRE C 1945). 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.
9781491591000
Mississippi River Valley--Fiction.
Short stories, American.
Audiobooks.
Main-travelled roads / Hamlin Garland. - 5 CDs (approximately 6 hr., 9 min.) : digital ; 12 cm. - Classic collection. .
Unabridged. Title from disc label.
Performed by Walter Zimmerman and Donald Wight.
CLASSIC FICTION (PRE C 1945). 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.
9781491591000
Mississippi River Valley--Fiction.
Short stories, American.
Audiobooks.