{"product_id":"sinclair-lewis-rebel-from-main-street-9780873515412","title":"Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street","description":"In this definitive biography, Richard Lingeman presents an empathetic, absorbing, and balanced portrait of an eccentric alcoholic-workaholic whose novels and stories exploded shibboleths with a volatile mixture of caricature and realism. Drawing on newly uncovered correspondence, diaries, and criticism, Lingeman gives new life to this prairie Mercutio out of Sauk Centre, Minnesota.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNobel Prize-winning novelist Sinclair Lewis mocked such sacrosanct institutions as the small town (Main Street), business (Babbitt), medicine (Arrowsmith), and religion (Elmer Gantry). In this definitive biography, Richard Lingeman presents an empathetic, absorbing, and balanced portrait of an eccentric alcoholic-workaholic whose novels and stories exploded shibboleths with a volatile mixture of caricature and realism. Drawing on newly uncovered correspondence, diaries, and criticism, Lingeman gives new life to this prairie Mercutio out of Sauk Centre, Minnesota.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2665742\"\u003eRichard Lingeman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Borealis Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.12w x 1.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873515412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0873515412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Lingeman is the author of \u003ci\u003eTheodore Dreiser: An American Journey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmall Town America: A Narrative History, 1620-the Present\u003c\/i\u003e. A senior editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, he lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Borealis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684998418669,"sku":"9780873515412","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_516026f9-cc29-4393-a0b8-c00e8e7927cf.jpg?v=1649761896","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/sinclair-lewis-rebel-from-main-street-9780873515412","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}