"O Pioneers! vividly recalls the stories of the immigrant settlers Cather knew during her childhood and teenage years in Red Cloud." -- publisher's description.
In this landmark of American fiction, Cather tells the story of young Alexandra Bergson, whose dying father leaves her in charge of the family and of the Nebraska lands they have struggled to farm.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2013, this is a tale of people struggling to carve out a life in the wilderness while battling ever-duplicitous human natureAlexandra Bergson's father, John, is dying.
V11 PART I The Wild Land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l PART II Neighboring Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 PART III Winter Memories.
... with rivers and green fields all about. And you will visit an old lady with a white cap and gold hoops in her ears, and you will be very happy there." "Mais, oui," said the priest, with a melancholy smile. "C'est L'Isle-Adam, ...
DIVThe portrait of a formidable woman who defies the limitations set on women of her time and social station to become an international opera star. /div
Edited according to standards set by the Committee for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association, this volume presents the full range of biographical, historical, and textual information on the novel.
"My father comes into focus for me on a Liars' Club afternoon. He sits at a wobbly card table weighed down by a bottle. Even now the scene seems so...
She possesses the strength of the pioneers that the author knew in her Midwestern youth. Writing O Pioneers! was for Cather 'like taking a ride through a familiar country on a horse that knew the way.'
O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by American author Willa Cather, written while she was living in New York. It is the first novel of her Great Plains trilogy, followed by The Song of the Lark (1915) and My Ántonia (1918).
... with rivers and green fields all about. And you will visit an old lady with a white cap and gold hoops in her ears, and you will be very happy there." "Mais, oui," said the priest, with a melancholy smile. "C'est L'IsleAdam, ...