Project Gutenberg 2007-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 264 Garland, Hamlin 1860 1940 Other Main-Travelled Roads Introductory 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. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "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.) Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Western stories Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: American Literature 515655 2025-08-08T14:30:45.222469 text/html 524393 2021-01-01T19:45:37 text/html 320554 2025-08-08T14:30:55.150381 application/epub+zip 328152 2025-08-08T14:30:48.340411 application/epub+zip 281780 2025-08-08T14:30:46.962417 application/epub+zip 565215 2025-08-08T14:30:59.998417 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 526128 2025-08-08T14:30:54.092350 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 434271 2022-09-10T03:35:23.283867 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472298 2025-08-08T14:30:43.721388 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 472100 2021-01-01T19:45:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 472094 2021-01-01T19:45:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14700649 2007-03-01T14:17:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 21910 2025-08-08T14:31:00.135347 application/rdf+xml 14707 2025-08-08T14:30:47.485414 image/jpeg 4154 2025-08-08T14:30:47.225412 image/jpeg 187271 2021-01-01T19:45:37 application/octet-stream application/zip 244018 2021-01-01T19:45:37 application/octet-stream application/zip 187248 2021-01-01T19:45:37 application/octet-stream application/zip 314170 2025-08-08T14:30:45.266475 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia