Complex sentence: In 1929, he published his first novel "Rome Haul", a work about the Erie Canal, later the 1934 play "The Farmer Takes a Wife" and the 1935 film of the same name.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1929, he published his first novel, "Rome Haul", a work about the Erie Canal. The novel was adapted for the 1934 play "The Farmer Takes a Wife" and the 1935 film of the same name.