O pioneers! / Willa Cather.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947, author.

Series:

Hesperus Classics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Nebraska--History--Fiction.

Immigrants.

Swedes--Nebraska--History--Fiction.

Swedes.

Frontier and pioneer life--Nebraska--Fiction.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Hesperus Press Limited, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A classic frontier novel from Pulitzer prize-winning author Willa Cather, O Pioneers is a magnificent celebration of life and the noble pioneer spirit. It celebrates a 100th anniversary in 2013. It is a tale of murder, love and money, as people struggle to carve out a life in the wilderness during the turn of the twentieth century, while battling ever-duplicitous human nature. Alexandra Bergson's father, John, is dying. He entrusts his farmstead on a desolate stretch of plain to her rather than to her brothers. Faced with the rigours of frontier living, droughts and penury, Alexandra onl

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Contents; PART I: The Wild Land; I; II; III; IV; V; PART II: Neighboring Fields; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; XII; PART III: Winter Memories; I; II; PART IV: The White Mulberry Tree; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; PART V: Alexandra; I; II; III; Biographical note; About the Publisher; SELECTED TITLES FROM HESPERUS PRESS; Copyright

Notes:

First published in 1913.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781780941943

1780941943

9781780941967

178094196X

OCLC:

852756967