Vintage My Antonia by Willa Cather Illustration by W.T. Benda -- Hardcover w/DJ

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Vintage My Antonia by Willa Cather Illustration by W.T. Benda -- Hardcover w/DJBinding: hardcover with dust jacket Dimensions: 8.25 by 5.4 by 1.25 inches Pages:372 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Copyright: 1954 Shipping Weight: 2 lbsCondition: Dust jacket has rubbing wear and some small chips. There is also faint markings on the cover. Gift note on the first page. Binding is solid and tight.About the Book: My Ántonia, first published in 1918, is considered one of the best works of Pulitzer Prize winner Willa Cather. It is the final book of her "prairie trilogy" of novels, preceded by O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. The novel is a fictional book of memoirs by Jim Burden, about Ántonia, an immigrant girl whom he grew up in the American West. The novel is based on Cather´s personal experience, as she, like the character Jim, also moved to Nebraska when young. Also many of the events, characters and settings of the novel are based on her own childhood experiences. My Ántonia was enthusiastically received in 1918 when it was first published and placed Cather in the forefront of women novelists. Today, it is considered as her first masterpiece. It brought place forward almost as if it were one of the characters, while at the same time playing upon the universality of the emotions, which in turn promoted regional American literature as a valid part of mainstream literature. My Ántonia is clearly an elegy to those families who built new lives west of the Mississippi River and highlights the role of women pioneers in particular. Furthermore, Cather was very nontraditional in her characters choice. Unlike many of her contemporaries, Cather chose to write about everyday people in the American West, focusing on the lives and concerns of average Nebraskans, including European immigrants. Cather was praised for bringing the American West to life and making it personally interesting, providing a rare and wonderful glimpse into the lives of the early white settlers of the American West.About the Author: Willa Cather (1873-1947) is commonly recognized as one of the leading American writers of the 20th century. Her beloved "prairie trilogy" novels - O Pioneers!, Song of the Lark, and My Antonia - depict turn-of-the-century pioneering life on the hardscrabble American plains and, along with Death Comes for the Archbishop, remain widely read. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1923 for One of Our Own, Cather wrote 11 novels and over 50 short stories during the course of her distinguished literary career.Terms and Conditions:We offer for sale mostly vintage and pre-owned items. We try to explain the items as best as we can.These are USED items and as such will show wear and have some scuffmarks and or indication of usage (unless other wise noted.)These are things that we have acquired from various sources. As such we do not always know their history or back ground. Such as was the previous home non-smoking or did they have pets etc. If you are sensitive to smoke, fragrances or pets or maybe just have concerns about buying vintage or pre-owned items, we suggest that you not purchase pre-owned items.The items are stored in a non-smoking home. We clean and sanitize as many items as we can. If an item smells like smoke, must, mold or general funk, we attempt to remedy the smell as best as we can. Any smells that we are not able to remedy will be clearly noted in the conditions. No one wants to purchase a smelly or dirty item, we like to think my items are ready to use the minute they arrive at your home.We understand if you prefer not to bid on this item.All items are sold as is.Please bid only if you intend to purchase the item. EBAY auction is a buying contract. The winning bidder has the responsibility to pay for the item in timely manner within 7 days of auctions end.Items will usually ship within 1 days after receipt of payment, unless it is weekend or holiday.If you are intending to pay with an e-check on PayPal be advised that the payment will hav... read more

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