Willa Cather Scholarly Edition: One of Ours (Hardcover)

from mikedraper

Set in Nebraska in the time just before WWI, Claude Wheeler is a Nebraska farm boy. As the story opens, he is living at the family farm and ready to leave for college. He is attending a college his parents picked for him. A preacher, "Brother Wheeler" came to the farm and told his parents about t...

from lauralkeet

This is the story of Claude Wheeler, a young man who grew up on a Nebraska farm in the early 1900s. Claude is pursuing a university education at a religious college chosen by his parents, but is both unhappy with his education and uncertain about his goals. While he longs for the finer things in ...

from lauralkeet

This is the story of Claude Wheeler, a young man who grew up on a Nebraska farm in the early 1900s. Claude is pursuing a university education at a religious college chosen by his parents, but is both unhappy with his education and uncertain about his goals. While he longs for the finer things in ...

from Donna828

Claude Wheeler was ill-suited as a Nebraska farm boy. His longings were realized after he entered a one-sided marriage and became obsessed with the news of WWI. When he decided he must enter the fray rather than live his life in shame because he did nothing to help innocent people, it was as if a...

from lkernagh

One of Ours, winner of the 1923 Pulitzer Prize, is my third Willa Cather read, the first two being her more well-known stories Death Comes for the Archbishop and My Antonia. Cather's prose is fabulous, as is her ability to bring to life her portrayal of Midwest Plains life. Her character developm...