First published in 1935, Thornton Wilder's fourth novel tells the story of George Marvin Brush - Don Quixote come to Main Street in the Great Depression. Brush, a travelling 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.