Willa Cather: Writer of the Prairie

Willa Cather, one of the most important writers of the twentieth century, found her deepest inspiration in the barren, windswept plains of Nebraska. Born in 1873 in the rolling hills of Virginia, Cather moved to the prairie as a nine-year-old girl.

In Willa Cather: Writer of the Prairie, author Sara McIntosh Wooten traces the experiences that shaped the life of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. During her days as a pioneer child, Willa Cather met the unusual immigrant settlers who would appear as characters in much of her writing. After working as a journalist, a teacher, and a magazine editor, Cather went on to reap huge and lasting success as the author of twelve novels, including such masterpieces as My Antonia, O Pioneers!, and One of Ours.