Willa Cather (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Marion March Brown, Ruth Crone
- First Published: 1970
- Time of Work: 1873–1947
- Setting: Red Cloud, Nebraska; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and New York City
- Principal Characters: Willa Cather, Edith Lewis, Isabelle McClung Hambourg, Yehudi Menuhin
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Journalism or journalists, Authors or writers, New York City, Rural or country life, Friendship, Midwest, Writing, Novelists, Bohemianism, Reporting or reporters, Biography
- Locales: New York, NY, Pittsburgh, PA, Red Cloud, NE
Form and Content
Working closely and tirelessly with a host of Cather’s personal friends and co-workers, Marion March Brown and Ruth Crone capture the true spirit of American author Willa Cather in Willa Cather: The Woman and Her Works. They follow her life—both spiritually and geographically—from a small town in Virginia to Red Cloud, Nebraska, and back east to the city desks of Pittsburgh and New York City. Each chapter covers an important physical, spiritual, or ethical transition in her life. For the child Cather, the important change was her move from Virginia...
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