One of Ours: Original and Unabridged by Cather, Willa

One of Ours: Original and Unabridged (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781500949143)

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One of Ours: Original and Unabridged by Cather, Willa

One of Ours: Original and Unabridged

$11.95
One of Ours: Original and Unabridged by Cather, Willa

One of Ours: Original and Unabridged

$11.95
Format: Paperback
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One of Ours by Willa Cather won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize, it tells the story of the life of Claude Wheeler, a Nebraska native around the turn of the 20th century. The son of a successful farmer and an intensely pious mother, he is guaranteed a comfortable livelihood. Nevertheless, Wheeler views himself as a victim of his father's success and his own inexplicable malaise.

As World War I begins in Europe, the family is fixated on every development from overseas. When the United States decides to enter the war, Claude enlists in the US Army. Finally believing he has found a purpose in life - beyond the drudgery of farming and marriage.



Author: Willa Cather
ISBN-10: 1500949140
ISBN-13: 9781500949143
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 09/02/2014
Pages: 294
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.66d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.2
Point Value: 22
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 10841 / One of Ours
By Willa Cather
By Willa Cather
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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 - April 24, 1947) was an American author who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, in works such as O Pioneers!, My ﾁntonia, and The Song of the Lark. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours (1922), a novel set during World War I.

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