Willa Cather (1873 1947) was born in Virginia; her family moved to Nebraska in 1883 and eventually settled in Red Cloud. After graduating from the University of Nebraska Lincoln in 1895, she returned to Red Cloud briefly before moving east to work on Home Monthly and eventually McClure s. Her first published books were the poetry collection April Twilights and the short-story collection The Troll Garden. O Pioneers! is part of Cather s Prairie Trilogy, which includes The Song of the Lark and My ntonia, all available in Bison Books editions. In 1923 Cather received the Pulitzer Prize for her novel One of Ours.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I - The Wild Land
Part II - Neighboring Fields
Part III - Winter Memories
Part IV - The White Mulberry Tree
Part V - Alexandra