One of Ours

by Willa Cather

Overview

Nebraska native Claude Wheeler is the son of a successful farmer and a pious mother.

An easy life path is laid out for him, as he is guaranteed a comfortable livelihood, but he longs intensely for something more.
War brings him the excitement he craves, but will it be more than he bargained for?

Willa Cather's One of Ours won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663579003
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	10/05/2020
Pages:	504
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.12(d)
Age Range:	15 Years

About the Author

Willa Cather (1873-1948) is best known for her books O Pioneers! and My Antonia. She was born in Virginia and moved with her family to Nebraska before she was ten. This move later provided the setting for her best-known novels which focus on immigrant life on the prairie. As the Pulitzer Prize-winner for One of Ours, novelist, and writer of short fiction and poetry, Cather is known as a major American author.

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