| My Ántonia;With an Excerpt by H. L. Mencken Contributor(s): Cather, Willa (Author), Mencken, H. L. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1447403258 ISBN-13: 9781447403258 Publisher: Read & Co. Classics OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.73 lbs) 258 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 713 Reading Level: 6.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: My ntonia is a 1918 novel by American writer Willa Cather. The last book of her "prairie trilogy", it is considered to be among her best works and proceeds "O Pioneers " and "The Song of the Lark". The novel continues the tale of the two children brought to the pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century: Jim Burden, an orphan from Virginia, and ntonia Shimerda. Cather's "My ntonia" is her masterpiece and constitutes a must-read for fans of her fantastic frontier fiction. Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947) was an American writer famous for her novels related to frontier life on the Great Plains. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her World War I novel "One of Ours" (1922). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an excerpt from "Willa Cather - Written For The Borzoi, 1920" by H. L. Mencken. |