Author: Willa Cather
Narrator: Jason Smith
Unabridged: 5 hr 17 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 11/22/2023
Genre: Fiction - Coming Of Age
"O Pioneers!" is one of Willa Cather's most celebrated novels, published in 1913. It's the first book in her "Great Plains Trilogy" and is set in the rural farming community of Hanover, Nebraska, at the turn of the 20th century. The story focuses on the life of Alexandra Bergson, a strong-willed young woman who inherits her father's farm and must navigate the challenges of frontier life. Cather paints a rich portrait of the American Midwest, exploring themes of immigration, the relationship between people and the land they inhabit, and the enduring spirit of the pioneers who sought to tame it.
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