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Willa Cather said that O Pioneers! was her first authentic novel, “the first time I walked off on my own feet—everything before was half real and half an imitation of writers whom I admired.” Cather's novel of life on the Nebraska frontie
O Pioneers is a novel written by Willa Sibert Cather in 1903. In this book, Cather unfolds the story of Bergson, are Swedish-American immigrant in the farm country near the town of Hanover, Nebraska.Alexandra Bergson is the leading character of th
Willa Cather established her reputation as a writer of extraordinary talent with the publication of O Pioneers!-the first of her books set in Nebraska. In this stirring romance of the Western prairies, the lives of two very different hero
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.The Pioneers is a novel in the romantic tradition--a tale of love, hidden identity, and forest adventure. It is also a vivid desc
Weaving Words, Bridging Worlds: A Biography of N. Scott Momaday From the windswept plains of his Kiowa heritage to the halls of academia, we trace Momaday's early life. Shaped by the love and wisdom of his artistic parents, his path leads u
Pauline Frederick Reporting is the biography of the life and career of the first woman to become a network news correspondent. After no less an authority than Edward R. Murrow told her there was no place for her in broadcasting, Pauline Fre
“A unique work of art” that captures “the experiences of an important generation of Russian Jews. . . . and an important document of its time.” —Gabriella Safran, author of Wandering Soul: The Dybbuk's Creator, S. An-Sky
The memoir of “the first African American female reporter to gain entry into the closed society of the White House and congressional news correspondents” (Hank Klibanoff, coauthor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Race Beat).
Dorothy Butler Gilliam, whose 50-year-career as a journalist put her in the forefront of the fight for social justice, offers a comprehensive view of racial relations and the media in the U.S.Most civil rights victories ar
Get ready to be swept away into the extraordinary world of Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer who changed the face of artificial intelligence forever.This is the story of a man who defied convention and pushed the boundaries of AI
The five novels in The Leatherstocking Tales (collected in two Library of America volumes), Cooper's great saga of the American wilderness, form a pageant of the American frontier. Cooper's hero, Natty Bumppo, is forced ever farther into
English translation and appreciation by Peter Chen and Michael Tan Reviewed by Chan Chiu Ming An original English translation from the Chinese text:A companion edition of the book in Chinese is available — the original classical text translat