He wrote one drama, 1890's Under the Wheel, and several works of short fiction, including They of the High Trails and Prairie Folks, but he is better remembered for his novels, which include The Spirit of Sweetwater and The Moccasin Ranch.  
He coined his writing style as "veritism" and explained his influence by Henry George and Herbert Spencer in his literary manifesto Crumbling Idols: Twelve Essays on Art.  He wrote one drama, 1890's Under the Wheel, and several works of short fiction, including They of the High Trails and Prairie Folks, but he is better remembered for his novels, which include The Spirit of Sweetwater and The Moccasin Ranch.  The author of Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, FTP, identify this American regional writer of such works as Main-Travelled Roads and A Son of the Middle Border.
He coined his writing style as "veritism" and explained his influence by Henry George and Herbert Spencer in his literary manifesto Crumbling Idols: Twelve Essays on Art.  
Hannibal Hamlin Garland