Ebook {Epub PDF} One of Ours by Willa Cather

 · One of Ours by Willa Cather is a novel telling the story of Claude Wheeler, the son of a Nebraska farmer and a religious mother. He drifts through what seems to be a predictable life, devoid of purpose, until he goes to war in bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 9 mins. Based on the experiences of Willa Cather’s cousin—G. P. Cather received the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star for bravery in World War I—and interviews she conducted with wounded veterans, One of Ours is the indelible portrait of a man—and a nation—on the cusp of profound and irreversible change/5(). One of Ours is Willa Cather's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the making of an American soldier. Claude Wheeler, the sensitive but aspiring protagonist, has ready access to his family's fortune but refuses to settle for it/5.

One of Ours Quotes Showing of "Life was so short that it meant nothing at all unless it were continually reinforced by something that endured; unless the shadows of individual existence came and went against a background that held together.". ― Willa Cather, One of Ours. 14 likes. Cather focuses more on the philosophical implications of a pandemic. I haven't read much Willa Cather. I remember Paul's Case, a short story I read years ago. It isn't "pandemic literature" but there are some similarities to One Of Ours, Cather's novel of pandemic and war. One of Ours is a novel by Willa Cather that won the Pulitzer Prize for the bltadwin.ru tells the story of the life of Claude Wheeler, a Nebraska native in the first decades of the 20th century. The son of a successful farmer and an intensely pious mother, he is guaranteed a comfortable livelihood.

by Willa Cather. One of Ours () earned Cather the Pulitzer Prize in We feature it in Pulitzer Prize Fiction. The book follows the journey of Claude Wheeler, from his home a farm in Nebraska to the bloody battle fields of France and World War I. In the first part of the book, Claude has his horizons expanded when he attends a university and meets the Eldrich family. Based on the experiences of Willa Cather’s cousin—G. P. Cather received the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star for bravery in World War I—and interviews she conducted with wounded veterans, One of Ours is the indelible portrait of a man—and a nation—on the cusp of profound and irreversible change. One of Ours is Willa Cather's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the making of an American soldier. Claude Wheeler, the sensitive but aspiring protagonist, has ready access to his family's fortune but refuses to settle for it.