My Ántonia by Willa Cather

by Willa Cather

Overview

This Halcyon Classics ebook is the third and final book in Willa Cather's "prairie trilogy."

MY ÁNTONIA tells the stories of several immigrant families who move to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America, with a particular focus on a Bohemian family, the Shimerdas. A classic western coming of age story.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011884184
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	10/15/2010
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	188 KB

About the Author

Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author best known for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains. Cather grew up in Nebraska but lived in New York for most of her adult life and writing career. An intensely private person, Cather remained unmarried and her sexuality has become a point of contention among scholars. Her work received the Pulitzer Prize in 1923.

Date of Birth:

December 7, 1873

Date of Death:

April 27, 1947

Place of Birth:

Winchester, Virginia

Place of Death:

New York, New York

Education:

B.A., University of Nebraska, 1895