One of Ours
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Blackstone Publishing , 2006.
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Willa Cather's Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative of the making of a young American soldier Claude Wheeler, the sensitive, aspiring protagonist of this beautifully modulated novel, resembles the youngest son of a peculiarly American fairy tale. His fortune is ready-made for him, but he refuses to settle for it. Alienated from his crass father and pious mother, all but rejected by a wife who reserves her ardor for missionary work, and dissatisfied with farming, Claude is an idealist without an ideal to cling to. It is only when his country enters the First World War that Claude finds what he has been searching for all his life.
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eAudiobook
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Unabridged
Street Date
01/01/2006
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English
ISBN
9781483064185
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Henry James and Willa Cather deal with the pull of the new world against the old; their calm narration with vivid imagery and a strong sense of place immerses readers in their stories. Both authors also use indirection to give readers a sense of unplumbed depth in their easily recognized characters. -- Katherine Johnson
Writing eloquently about family and community life in Kentucky in the 20th century, Wendell Berry documents changing lives while showing how the past indelibly marks the present, often evoking feelings of loss and alteration. Like Willa Cather, he writes beautifully about nature and the interaction between people and the land. -- Krista Biggs
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Annie Dillard's elegant language, vividly conveying the depth in small details of nature, will appeal to Cather's readers, especially in Dillard's fiction. Dillard's themes do not always resemble Cather's, but her writing will appeal to Cather's readers throughout. -- Katherine Johnson
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cather, W., & Underwood, K. (2006). One of Ours (Unabridged). Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cather, Willa and Kristen Underwood. 2006. One of Ours. Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cather, Willa and Kristen Underwood. One of Ours Blackstone Publishing, 2006.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Cather, W. and Underwood, K. (2006). One of ours. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cather, Willa, and Kristen Underwood. One of Ours Unabridged, Blackstone Publishing, 2006.
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