Willa Cather
One of Ours: That won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
Paperback
(Independently published April 28, 2019)
One of Ours is a novel by Willa Cather that won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It tells the story of the life of Claude Wheeler, a Nebraska native around the turn of the 20th century. The son of a successful farmer and an intensely pious mother, he is guaranteed a comfortable livelihood. Nevertheless, Wheeler views himself as a victim of his father's success and his own inexplicable malaise.Cather's cousin Grosvenor (G.P. Cather) was born and raised on the farm that adjoined her own family's, and she combined parts of her own personality with Grosvenor's in the character of Claude.
- ISBN
- 1096166321 / 9781096166320
- Pages
- 196
- Weight
- 14.1 oz.
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 0.4
in.