Meine Antonia
by Willa Cather
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 3442739985
- ISBN 13
- 9783442739981
- Seller
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Synopsis
Willa Cather was born on December 7, 1873, in Back Creek Valley, Virginia. Her father was a sheep farmer. When she was nine the family moved to Nebraska, eventually settling in the frontier village of Red Cloud. As a child Cather read voraciously, learning Greek and Latin from a neighbor, and displayed an early interest in science. At the University of Nebraska she immersed herself in literary studies and began writing stories and essays; following her graduation in 1895 she worked for some years as a journalist and schoolteacher, living part of the time in Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. Willa Cather wurde am 7. Dezember 1873 in Back Creek Valley, Virginia geboren. Ihr Vater war ein Schafzüchter. Als sie neun war, zog ihre Familie nach Nebraska, letztendlich liess sie sich in einem Grenzdorf Red Cloud nieder. Als Kind lass Cather sehr viel, lernte Griechisch und Latein von ihrem Nachbarn und entfaltete ein frühes wissenschaftliches Interesse. An der Universität von Nebraska begann sie mit dem Literaturstudium und schrieb erste Geschichten und Essays; nach ihrem Abschluss 1895 arbeitete sie für einige Jahre als Journalistin und Schullehrerin, sie lebte teilweise in Pittsburgh und teilweise in Washington, D.C.
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- Bookseller
- Harry Righton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 903648
- Title
- Meine Antonia
- Author
- Willa Cather
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 3442739985
- ISBN 13
- 9783442739981
- Publisher
- Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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