Maine-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland 1899 Book

This antique book was published by Harper&Brothers in 1899. Hardcover in green cloth with gilt titles and decorative corn-designs on front. Staining and wear but binding is good. Main-Travelled Roads contains eleven stories. "Under the Lion's Paw" shows an honest, hard-working farmer victimized by a greedy landlord. Equally powerful is the semi-autobiographical "Up the Coolly," concerning 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. Although Garland paints no pretty pictures, he offers exhilarating moments in the lives of these farm people and never ignores the strength of individual will.