Description:
In this stirring romance of the Western prairies, the lives of two very different heroines unfold during a time when the wild lands of the frontier broke the spirit of many immigrant farmers. Includes early reviews and a biographical timeline.
Brief description: Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of the Plains and for One of Ours, a novel set in World War I, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1943 and received the gold medal for fiction from the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1944. By the time of her death in 1947 she had written twelve novels, five books of short stories, and a collection of poetry.
Review Quotes:
"A gripping story, marked by both power and originality." -The Boston Globe
"She takes such pains to conceal her sophistication that it is easy to miss her quality...[but] we have nothing better than she is." -Wallace Stevens
"A book of uncommon quality." -The Observer