Some of her most famous works include, O Pioneers!, My Antonia, and One of Ours which won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1923. Cather wrote fiction throughout her entire life but did not focus solely on creative writing until she left her managing editor position at McClure’s in 1912. Cather (1873-1947) was a prolific author of novels and short stories that described pioneer life and generally contained strong female women who survived on the frontier. Her works of fiction based around frontier life continue to entertain modern American readers. Willa Cather was one of the most widely read female authors of the twentieth century. His pursuit of vague notions of purpose and principle culminate in a ferocious front-line encounter with an overwhelming German onslaught.This 8-cent stamp was issued September 20, 1973. Despite an influenza epidemic and the continuing hardships of the battlefield, Claude has never felt as though he mattered more. Finally believing he has found purpose in his life, Claude revels in his new freedom and responsibilities. Claude eventually enlists in the American Expeditionary Forces, becomes an officer, and travels to France to fight for the cause. Claude and his mother fervently follow the events. During this period, Europe is ablaze with World War I. Eventually, Enid leaves Claude to care for her missionary sister who is ill in China, and Claude is somewhat relieved to see her go. Enid tries to convert her new husband to her many other causes such as Prohibition in Nebraska.

During this period, he marries a childhood friend, Enid, in what turns out to be a marriage of convenience rather than love. When Claude’s father expands the Wheeler farming interests, Claude must leave college to return to his roots and operate the Wheeler farm. While attending a church-affiliated college his parents have selected for him, he befriends a German family (the Ehrlichs’) who open his eyes to other possibilities in life. Although he is a skilled farmer, Claude believes his destiny lies elsewhere.

Everything he does seems to turn out wrong, at least in his own mind.

The son of well to do parents, Claude is troubled by his apparent inability to find purpose with his life. Claude Wheeler, the subject of the novel, is a young man growing up on a Nebraska farm. He was the first officer from Nebraska killed in World War I. Cather’s wartime letters home to his mother. This work had been inspired by reading her cousin G.P. This 1923 Pulitzer Prize winning novel was written by Willa Cather.

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