Gopher Prairie

Gopher Prairie, Minnesota is the fictional small-town setting of the Sinclair Lewis novel Main Street. It is modeled on the town of Sauk Centre, Minnesota where Lewis grew up.

Related Topics:
Sinclair Lewis - Main Street - Sauk Centre, Minnesota

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Lewis says in Main Street "This is America - a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves."

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