O PIONEERS! (Reader's Digest The World's Best Reading Series)

Cather, Willa; (Noel Perrin, Afterword)

ISBN 10: 0895773546 / ISBN 13: 9780895773548

Published by Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville, NY, 1990

BRAND NEW Copy. Illustrated, embossed bi-color boards w/green faux leather back strap. Book dealer sticker to back cover verso. Fiction. First published 1913; this is complete reprint of the orginal text. Pulitzer prize winner (1923, One of Ours) author Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947) moved to Nebraska as a child and was reared among the immigrants who are often subjects of her novels. In this work, a masterful portrait of farming life a hundred years ago in Nebraska, she turns to the Nebraska prairies to tell of the heroic and creative qualities of the passing frontier. Seller Inventory # 007047

Synopsis:

O Pioneers! (the World's Best Reading)

Review: Willa Cather's second novel is abundant with interwoven themes. In one respect Cather bears witness to the early 20th-century Pioneers. The farmer taming the wild Northern States of America, battling with the elements and an unforgiving land to create a home, family and livlihood. On another level O Pioneers! is the story of Alexandra Bergson. Due to the death of her father she becomes the head of the household and spends her time between protecting her younger brother and out in the countryside that has become hers. Overshadowed somewhat by the more popular My Antonia this early work of Cather's is a much admired example of early 20th-century American fiction. O Pioneers! is a powerful testimony to love, the land and the pioneering spirit. --Jon Smith

Bibliographic Details

Title: O PIONEERS! (Reader's Digest The World's ...
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville, NY
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Mark Weakley (Illustrations)
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
Edition: First Edition, First Thus