Main Street on the Middle Border Lewis Atherton 1984 1st PBk edition Very Good

Description: Main Street on the Middle Border By Lewis Atherton Indiana University Press Bloomington, Indiana 1984 xix, [1], 423 p.: Illustrated titlepage, 16 unpaginated pages, containing 29 illustrations; 20.5 cm. (8.25 inches). Paperback, with glossy, color illustrated front cover. Includes Appendixes (5), Notes, and Index. First Paperback Edition "Here is the saga of the country towns of Midwest America from the time of the Civil War to the 1950s. Here is the story of those innumerable villages that battled to survive in the atmosphere of reckless and fickle optimism that spawned them. Founded by pragmatic people - aggressive, acquisitive, and self-reliant - the country towns identified progress with the cult of the 'immediately useful and practical.' While rebels and creative intellects such as Hamlin Garland, Sherwood Anderson, Edgar Lee Masters, and Thomas Hart Benton fled to the large cities in revolt, William Allen White and Ed Howe loved the villages and praised them. It was only natural that the small-town belief in the classless society and the standards of the McGuffey Reader should have stifled artistic aspiration and led to defiance of the Puritanical moral codes" [from the back cover] ISBN: 0253203295 Book is in Very Good Condition: pages bright, clean, tight, and unmarked; some scattered corner creases, not impacting the text. Front cover and spine with vertical crease. Copyright 2020 All text in this listing description is the sole property of Classic Books and Ephemera and may not be copied without permission from Classic Books and Ephemera. SHIPPING and HANDLING: The purchaser receives free media mail in the U.S. We ship all books in boxes, well protected, within 24 hours of the order (Monday - Saturday), always with tracking. We ship pamphlets, documents, broadsides, and booklets in rigid mailers, bagged and boarded, with added stiffener for protection, always with tracking and, where they are of light weight, the order is sent free within the U.S. by First Class mail We have been selling books and ephemera for about 17 years to satisfied customers on various venues, so buy with confidence. For international shipping costs see Ebay's Shipping and Handling section below (click on the country and then click Update for cost to a specific country). For expedited domestic or international shipping prices, please contact us. BUYERS OF MULTIPLE ITEMS RECEIVE FREE SHIPPING IN THE U.S., FIRST CLASS OR MEDIA MAIL, DEPENDING ON WEIGHT. Payment Methods: Paypal is preferred. Ebay is also collecting state taxes where appropriate and will be paying those state taxes rather than the sellers. Guarantee: We guarantee that the book is as described or we will return the buyer's money, if we are notified by email within 24 hours of receipt of the book. ALSO SEE ON EBAY OUR FINE SELECTION OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA IN OUR STORE, CLASSIC BOOKS AND EPHEMERA; CLICK ON THIS LINK: We use the condition terms established by AB Bookman's Weekly and now slightly refined by IOBA: As New/Fine, Near Fine(minor defects), Very Good (small signs of wear), Good (average used book), Fair (complete text, but may lack endpapers, half-title), Poor (complete text but soiled, loose hinges, etc.) For an explanation of terms commonly used in book descriptions, contact us.

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