On this day in 1885 Sinclair Lewis was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. The argument which Lewis enjoyed with his hometown is a celebrated one -- not least in the hometown, where Lewis's status has evolved from cuss-word to cultural attraction. With Main Street a best-seller and Lewis a Nobel-winner, Sauk Centre and its most famous son had patched things up long before Lewis's death in 1951, of course. Still, given that his novel mocks such boosterism, few could have predicted the town's annual "Sinclair Lewis Days," or that the local high school sports teams, upon which Lewis never dreamed of playing, would be cheered on as the "MainStreeters ... FULL STORY »
