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| Edition: | Harper Perennial (Paperback) |
| Author: | Thornton Wilder |
| Published: | September 2003 |
| Pages: | 240 |
| ISBN 10: | 0060088893 |
| New: | $7.16 (25) |
| Used: | $0.01 (38) |
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Drawing on such unique sources as the author's unpublished letters, business records, and obscure family recollections, Tappan Wilder's Afterword adds a special dimension to the reissue of this hilarious tale about goodness in a fallen world.
Meet George Marvin Brush -- Don Quixote come to Main Street in the Great Depression, and one of Thornton Wilder's most memorable characters. George Brush, a traveling textbook salesman, is a fervent religious convert who is determined to lead a good life. With sad and sometimes hilarious consequences, his travels take him through smoking cars, bawdy houses, banks, and campgrounds from Texas to Illinois -- and into the soul of America itself.
