{"product_id":"my-antonia-paperback-42","title":"My Antonia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilla Cather\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The best thing I've done is \u003cb\u003eMy Antonia\u003c\/b\u003e,\" recalled Willa Cather. \"I feel I've made a contribution to American letters with that book.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ntonia Shimerda returns to Black Hawk, Nebraska, to make a fresh start after eloping with a railway conductor following the tragic death of her father. Accustomed to living in a sod house and toiling alongside the men in the fields, she is unprepared for the lecherous reaction her lush sensuality provokes when she moves to the city. Despite betrayal and crushing opposition,  ntonia steadfastly pursues her quest for happiness--a moving struggle that mirrors the quiet drama of the American landscape.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe best thing I've done is My Antonia,\" recalled Willa Cather. \"I feel I've made a contribution to American letters with that book.\" \u003cbr\u003eAntonia Shimerda returns to Black Hawk, Nebraska, to make a fresh start after eloping with a railway conductor following the tragic death of her father. Accustomed to living in a sod house and toiling alongside the men in the fields, she is unprepared for the lecherous reaction her lush sensuality provokes when she moves to the city. Despite betrayal and crushing opposition, Antonia steadfastly pursues her quest for happiness-a moving struggle that mirrors the quiet drama of the American landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Antonia Shimerda is told by on of the friends of her childhood, Jim Burden, an orphaned boy from Virginia. Though he leaves the prairie, Jim never forgets the Bohemian girl who so profoundly influenced his life. An immigrant child of immigrant parents, Antonia's girlhood is spent working to help her parents wrest a living from the untamed land. Though in later years she suffers betrayal and desertion, through all the hardships of her life she preserves a valor of spirit that no hardship can daunt or break.When Jim Burden sees her again after many years he finds her \"\"a rich mine of life\",\" a figure who has turned adversity into a particular kind of triumph in the true spirit of the pioneer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWila Cather was probably born in Virginia in 1873, although her parents did not register the date, and it is probably incorrectly given on her tombstone. Because she is so famous for her Nebraska novels, many people assume she was born there, but Wila Cather was about nine years old when her family moved to a small Nebraska frontier town called Red Cloud that was populated by immigrant Swedes, Bohemians, Germans, Poles, Czechs, and Russians. The oldest of seven children, she was educated at home, studied with a Latin neighbor, and read the English classics in the evening. By the time she went to the University of Nebraska in 1891-where she began by wearing boy's clothes and cut her hair close to her head-she had decided to be a writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter graduation she worked for a Lincoln, Nebraska, newspaper, then moved to Pittsburgh and finally to New York City. There she joined \u003ci\u003eMcClure's \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, a popular muckraking periodical that encouraged the writing of new young authors. After meeting the author Sarah Orne Jewett, she decided to quit journalism and devote herself full time to fiction. Her first novel\u003ci\u003e, Alexander's Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in serial form in \u003ci\u003eMcClure's\u003c\/i\u003e in 1912. But her place in American literature was established with her first Nebraska novel, \u003cb\u003eO Pioneers!\u003c\/b\u003e, published in 1913, which was followed by her most famous pioneer novel, \u003cb\u003eMy Antonia\u003c\/b\u003e, in 1918. In 1922 she won the Pulitzer Prize for one of her lesser-known books. \u003ci\u003e One of Ours. Death Comes for the Archbishop\u003c\/i\u003e (1927), her masterpiece, and \u003ci\u003eShadows on the Rock\u003c\/i\u003e (1931) also celebrated the pioneer spirit, but in the Southwest and French Canada. Her other novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Song of the Lark\u003c\/i\u003e (1915), \u003ci\u003eThe Professor's House\u003c\/i\u003e (1925), \u003ci\u003eMy Mortal Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e (1926), and \u003ci\u003eLucy Gayheart\u003c\/i\u003e (1935). Wila Cather died in 1947.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 6.8 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e My Antonia\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47257422561529,"sku":"9780553214185","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dER0bT4x969780553214185.webp?v=1768748889","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/my-antonia-paperback-42","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}