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- catalog abstract "Decribes the evolving nature of the small midwestern town, from 1800's to present. Long held as an iconic place in American culture, the reality is more complex. This is a collection of writings from historians, novelists, social scientists, poets and journalists featuring well know authors such as Sherwood Anderson, Carol Bly, Willa Cather, Hamlin Graland, Sinclair Lewis, Garrison Keillor, Mark Twain as well as many lessor know but important writers. The five choronological sections trace the founding, growth and decline of the midwestern town.".
- catalog contributor b12773419.
- catalog contributor b12773420.
- catalog contributor b12773421.
- catalog coverage "Middle West Literary collections.".
- catalog coverage "Middle West Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""The economic base" from The urban frontier / Richard C. Wade -- "It answers well for a village" from Sugar Creek / John Mack Faragher -- Selections from The autobiography of Mark Twain / Mark Twain -- "A private lesson from a bulldog" from The Hoosier school-master / Edward Eggleston -- "Railroad towns" from Plains country towns / John C. Hudson -- "A 'good fellow's' wife" from Main-travelled roads / Hamlin Garland -- "Belonging to the community" from Main street on the middle boarder / Lewis E. Atherton -- "The hired girls" from My Ántonia / Willa Cather -- Selections from The poetry of Vachel Lindsay / Vachel Lindsay -- "The budding of art" from The age of indiscretion / Clyde Brion Davis -- "Storm" from Not without laughter / Langston Hughes -- Excerpt from Main Street / Sinclair Lewis -- Selections from Spoon River anthology / Edgar Lee Masters -- Excerpt from Poor white / Sherwood Anderson -- "The.".
- catalog description "Dan Gerber -- "Two-speed" from Light in the crossing / Kent Meyers -- "Decline and denial" from Broken heartland / Osha Gray Davidson -- "On the cutting edge : changes in Midwestern meatpacking communities" / Donald D. Stull -- "Village character : the pioneer store" from Winter book / Norbert Blei -- "A broken heartland" from U.S. News and World Report / Jeff Glasser -- "Business first and always" from Rethinking home / Joseph A. Amato.".
- catalog description "Decribes the evolving nature of the small midwestern town, from 1800's to present. Long held as an iconic place in American culture, the reality is more complex. This is a collection of writings from historians, novelists, social scientists, poets and journalists featuring well know authors such as Sherwood Anderson, Carol Bly, Willa Cather, Hamlin Graland, Sinclair Lewis, Garrison Keillor, Mark Twain as well as many lessor know but important writers. The five choronological sections trace the founding, growth and decline of the midwestern town.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "The formative years, 1790-1900 -- Main street ascendant, 1890-1930 -- Depression, war, and resurgence, 1930-60 -- Crisis on main street, 1960-90 -- From farm crisis to the present.".
- catalog description "resurrection" from Midland magazine / Ruth Suckow -- Excerpt from A peculiar treasure / Edna Ferber -- "Inventions re-making leisure" from Middletown / Robert S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd -- "Growing up in Clear Lake," personal reminiscence / Alan R. Woolworth -- "Compromise and its limits" from Main Street in crisis / Catherine McNicol Stock -- Poems from various collections / William Kloefkorn -- "The last picture show" from Main Street blues / Richard O. Davies -- Nothing happened from Blooming / Susan Allen Toth -- Selections from Alliance, Illinois / Dave Etter -- "Quietly thinking over things at Christmas" from Letters from the country / Carol Bly -- Selections from Poems from the Sangamon / John Knoepfle -- "If the home team doesn't win" from The decline of rural Minnesota / Joseph A. Amato and John W. Meyer -- "Sumus quod sumus" from Lake Wobegon days / Garrison Keillor -- "Hardball" from Grass fires.".
- catalog extent "437 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0873514513".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "St. Paul, MN : Borealis Books,".
- catalog spatial "Middle West Literary collections.".
- catalog spatial "Middle West Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Middle West.".
- catalog subject "810.8/0321734 21".
- catalog subject "American literature Middle West.".
- catalog subject "City and town life Literary collections.".
- catalog subject "City and town life Middle West.".
- catalog subject "PS563 .P58 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents ""The economic base" from The urban frontier / Richard C. Wade -- "It answers well for a village" from Sugar Creek / John Mack Faragher -- Selections from The autobiography of Mark Twain / Mark Twain -- "A private lesson from a bulldog" from The Hoosier school-master / Edward Eggleston -- "Railroad towns" from Plains country towns / John C. Hudson -- "A 'good fellow's' wife" from Main-travelled roads / Hamlin Garland -- "Belonging to the community" from Main street on the middle boarder / Lewis E. Atherton -- "The hired girls" from My Ántonia / Willa Cather -- Selections from The poetry of Vachel Lindsay / Vachel Lindsay -- "The budding of art" from The age of indiscretion / Clyde Brion Davis -- "Storm" from Not without laughter / Langston Hughes -- Excerpt from Main Street / Sinclair Lewis -- Selections from Spoon River anthology / Edgar Lee Masters -- Excerpt from Poor white / Sherwood Anderson -- "The.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Dan Gerber -- "Two-speed" from Light in the crossing / Kent Meyers -- "Decline and denial" from Broken heartland / Osha Gray Davidson -- "On the cutting edge : changes in Midwestern meatpacking communities" / Donald D. Stull -- "Village character : the pioneer store" from Winter book / Norbert Blei -- "A broken heartland" from U.S. News and World Report / Jeff Glasser -- "Business first and always" from Rethinking home / Joseph A. Amato.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The formative years, 1790-1900 -- Main street ascendant, 1890-1930 -- Depression, war, and resurgence, 1930-60 -- Crisis on main street, 1960-90 -- From farm crisis to the present.".
- catalog tableOfContents "resurrection" from Midland magazine / Ruth Suckow -- Excerpt from A peculiar treasure / Edna Ferber -- "Inventions re-making leisure" from Middletown / Robert S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd -- "Growing up in Clear Lake," personal reminiscence / Alan R. Woolworth -- "Compromise and its limits" from Main Street in crisis / Catherine McNicol Stock -- Poems from various collections / William Kloefkorn -- "The last picture show" from Main Street blues / Richard O. Davies -- Nothing happened from Blooming / Susan Allen Toth -- Selections from Alliance, Illinois / Dave Etter -- "Quietly thinking over things at Christmas" from Letters from the country / Carol Bly -- Selections from Poems from the Sangamon / John Knoepfle -- "If the home team doesn't win" from The decline of rural Minnesota / Joseph A. Amato and John W. Meyer -- "Sumus quod sumus" from Lake Wobegon days / Garrison Keillor -- "Hardball" from Grass fires.".
- catalog title "A place called home : writings on the Midwestern small town / edited by Richard O. Davies, Joseph A. Amato, David R. Pichaske.".
- catalog type "Literary collections. fast".
- catalog type "text".