Marching Men

by Sherwood Anderson, Michael Segedy (Editor)

Overview

First published in 1917, Marching Men sharply depicts the struggle of the American working class to adjust to the demands and pressures brought on by the Age of Mechanization. It is a powerful narrative about an age under assault by modern industrialization and corrupt labor practices. Anyone who wishes to know about this dynamic time in American history, should definitely read this exciting work. Apart from documenting a society in upheaval, the novel is a testimony to young men and women who had the courage to confront social and economic injustice. What is unique about the novel is how Sherwood Anderson addresses a major problem of the era without becoming didactic, Instead we register the change in America through the eyes of his young protagonist who reflects on the events from a troubled and compassionate perspective. This special edition also includes various photos and illustrations from the era in which the novel was written. They offer the reader snapshots of a period of transition that brought about changes Anderson saw as exciting but also as a threat to old established ways of life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538005736
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	11/14/2016
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941), an American novelist and short story writer, is best known for his seminal novel Winesburg, Ohio. His writing career began rather later in life, when he was in his early thirties. At some point in November 1912 he suffered a mental breakdown and wandered off for four days and found himself in drugstore in Cleveland, nearly thirty miles away. Shortly after, he resigned from his position as president of the Anderson Manufacturing Company in Elyria, Ohio, left his wife and three small children, and decided, to pursue the career of a writer. He later described this episode in his life as "escaping from his materialistic existence." His reckless, boldness garnered praise from a number of young writers who praised his courage. Anderson's published his first novel, Windy McPherson's Son, in 1916, followed three years later by Marching Men. His real fame came, though with his publication of Winesburg, Ohio in 1919. His last noteworthy work, Many Marriages (1923), contained themes that would carry over into his later writing. Though the novel had its detractors, though, on the whole, the reviews were favorable. F. Scott Fitzgerald praised Many Marriages as Anderson's finest novel. Anderson’s uneventful death occurred in Panama while on a cruise to South America. According to the autopsy, he accidentally swallowed a toothpick, thought to have been stuck in a martini olive. The toothpick perforated his colon, causing a fatal case of peritonitis. His epitaph reads, "Life, Not Death, is the Great Adventure." He was 64 years old when he had his last big adventure.