{"product_id":"o-pioneers-paperback-8","title":"O Pioneers! - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilla Cather\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of America's greatest women writers, Willa Cather established her talent and her reputation with this extraordinary novel--the first of her books set on the Nebraska frontier. A tale of the prairie land encountered by America's Swedish, Czech, Bohemian, and French immigrants, as well as a story of how the land challenged them, changed them, and, in some cases, defeated them, Cather's novel is a uniquely American epic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexandra Bergson, a young Swedish immigrant girl who inherits her father's farm and must transform it from raw prairie into a prosperous enterprise, is the first of Cather's great heroines--all of them women of strong will and an even stronger desire to overcome adversity and succeed. But the wild land itself is an equally important character in Cather's books, and her descriptions of it are so evocative, lush, and moving that they provoked writer Rebecca West to say of her: \"The most sensuous of writers, Willa Cather builds her imagined world almost as solidly as our five senses build the universe around us.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilla Cather, perhaps more than any other American writer, was able to re-create the real drama of the pioneers, capturing for later generations a time, a place, and a spirit that has become part of our national heritage.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWila Cather was probably born in Virginia in 1873, although her parents did not register the date, and it is probably incorrectly given on her tombstone. Because she is so famous for her Nebraska novels, many people assume she was born there, but Wila Cather was about nine years old when her family moved to a small Nebraska frontier town called Red Cloud that was populated by immigrant Swedes, Bohemians, Germans, Poles, Czechs, and Russians. The oldest of seven children, she was educated at home, studied with a Latin neighbor, and read the English classics in the evening. By the time she went to the University of Nebraska in 1891-where she began by wearing boy's clothes and cut her hair close to her head-she had decided to be a writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter graduation she worked for a Lincoln, Nebraska, newspaper, then moved to Pittsburgh and finally to New York City. There she joined \u003ci\u003eMcClure's \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, a popular muckraking periodical that encouraged the writing of new young authors. After meeting the author Sarah Orne Jewett, she decided to quit journalism and devote herself full time to fiction. Her first novel\u003ci\u003e, Alexander's Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in serial form in \u003ci\u003eMcClure's\u003c\/i\u003e in 1912. But her place in American literature was established with her first Nebraska novel, \u003cb\u003eO Pioneers!\u003c\/b\u003e, published in 1913, which was followed by her most famous pioneer novel, \u003cb\u003eMy Antonia\u003c\/b\u003e, in 1918. In 1922 she won the Pulitzer Prize for one of her lesser-known books. \u003ci\u003e One of Ours. Death Comes for the Archbishop\u003c\/i\u003e (1927), her masterpiece, and \u003ci\u003eShadows on the Rock\u003c\/i\u003e (1931) also celebrated the pioneer spirit, but in the Southwest and French Canada. Her other novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Song of the Lark\u003c\/i\u003e (1915), \u003ci\u003eThe Professor's House\u003c\/i\u003e (1925), \u003ci\u003eMy Mortal Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e (1926), and \u003ci\u003eLucy Gayheart\u003c\/i\u003e (1935). Wila Cather died in 1947.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 6.84 x 4.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e O Pioneers!\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47459421978802,"sku":"9780553213584","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2d0c9c4b44e4f90b36f368d1d7533db2.webp?v=1778902070","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/o-pioneers-paperback-8","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}