| Stories of Ohio Contributor(s): Howells, William Dean (Author), Trubek, Anne (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1948742217 ISBN-13: 9781948742214 Publisher: Belt Publishing OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - Midwest - East North Central (il, In, Mi, Oh, Wi) - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Series: Belt Revivals |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.6" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nicknamed the Dean of American Letters, William Dean Howells was a remarkable literary figure. A novelist, critic, and playwright, he forged friendships with luminaries such as Mark Twain, Henry James, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Though Howells is best known for his East Coast novels The Rise of Silas Lampham and A Hazard of New Fortunes, he never forgot his Ohio roots. In Stories of Ohio, Howells recounts the history of the state through short vignettes--from the Native burial grounds of the Serpent Mound, to the first European settlers on the frontier, to the Civil War generals and presidents the state birthed in the late nineteenth century. |
Contributor Bio(s): Howells, William Dean: - William Dean Howells was an American novelist, playwright, and critic. Born in Ohio in 1837, he rose to prominence as a poet and short story writer, eventually befriending writers such as Mark Twain, Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. He died in New York City in 1920.Trubek, Anne: - Anne Trubek is the founder of Belt Publishing and the author of The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting. She lives in Cleveland, Ohio. |