O Pioneers!
by CATHER, Willa
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Cather's second published novel, and her first great work. The story of a Swedish-American family running a farm in Nebraska, "at once a sophisticated pastoral and a prototype for later feminist novels" (The National Willa Cather Center online). Cather took the title from a poem by Whitman. One of 2,000 copies printed. CRANE A6.A.i. HANNA 637. COAN p.10. .
Synopsis
O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by American author Willa Cather. It was written in part when Cather was living in Cherry Valley, New York with Isabelle McClung and was completed at the McClungs' home in Pittsburgh.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59160
- Title
- O Pioneers!
- Author
- CATHER, Willa
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1913
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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