O Pioneers

Novel

By: Willa Cather

Date: 1913

Source: Cather, Willa. Chapter 1 of O Pioneers! Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1913. Reprinted, with historical essay and explanatory notes, by David Stouck. Lincoln, Nebr.: University of Nebraska Press, 1992. Available online at http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Willa_Cather/O_Pioneers/Part... ; website home page: http://www.pagebypagebooks.com (accessed November 14, 2002).

About the Author: Willa Cather (1873–1947) was born in Virginia. When she was ten, her family moved to Nebraska, which became the setting for many of her works of fiction. After graduating from the University of Nebraska in 1895, Cather moved to Pittsburgh and worked as a journalist. From 1906 to 1912, she was the...

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