One of OursCourier Corporation, 18.01.2013 - 352 Seiten In Willa Cather's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, we meet Claude Wheeler, a young Nebraskan yearning to escape the life that has been preordained for him. Claude is dissatisfied with farming, alienated from his parents, distant from his wife, and searching for something to believe in. When the country enters the First World War, he finally discovers what he's been looking for. Away from home for the first time, Claude finds the course of his life irrevocably altered by newfound friendships and experiences on distant battlefields. One of Ours continues to be a celebratory tribute — and a grief-stricken remembrance — of World War I. It is at once a courageous and poignant story of American ideals, an extraordinary character sketch, and a disquieting look at the making of an American soldier. |
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... farmer-woman told me, “ I chust Hoovered and Hoovered so long I loss my appetite. I don't eat no more.” There wasn't a church sociable in our town all winter and spring. Late in the summer the first church supper of the year was given ...
... farmer-woman told me, “ I chust Hoovered and Hoovered so long I loss my appetite. I don't eat no more.” There wasn't a church sociable in our town all winter and spring. Late in the summer the first church supper of the year was given ...
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... farmer, and a farmer's sons are his arms and hands; he can't work the land without them. The oldest son wrote in mournful anxiety from Paris, “If John goes, who will get the corn in this fall?” It seemed to me unfair that all the ...
... farmer, and a farmer's sons are his arms and hands; he can't work the land without them. The oldest son wrote in mournful anxiety from Paris, “If John goes, who will get the corn in this fall?” It seemed to me unfair that all the ...
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... freight and his uncongenial companions as soon as possible, he elbowed his way along the crowded sidewalk, looking for some of the neighbour boys. Mr. Wheeler was standing on the Farmer's Bank corner, towering ON LOVELY CREEK 7.
... freight and his uncongenial companions as soon as possible, he elbowed his way along the crowded sidewalk, looking for some of the neighbour boys. Mr. Wheeler was standing on the Farmer's Bank corner, towering ON LOVELY CREEK 7.
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... farmer. In the Wheeler family a new thrasher or a new automobile was ordered without a question, but it was considered extravagant to go to a hotel for dinner. If his father or Bayliss heard that he had been there—and Bayliss heard ...
... farmer. In the Wheeler family a new thrasher or a new automobile was ordered without a question, but it was considered extravagant to go to a hotel for dinner. If his father or Bayliss heard that he had been there—and Bayliss heard ...
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... farmer boy might be supposed to have. Unfortunately he had none of his father's physical repose, and his strength often asserted itself inharmoniously. The storms that went on in his mind sometimes made him rise, or sit down, or lift ...
... farmer boy might be supposed to have. Unfortunately he had none of his father's physical repose, and his strength often asserted itself inharmoniously. The storms that went on in his mind sometimes made him rise, or sit down, or lift ...
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Americans asked Bayliss began believe better boys brother brought called carried Claude Claude’s clothes Colonel coming dark David don’t door Enid Ernest everything eyes face farm Farmer father feeling fellow felt fields French friends front Gerhardt German girl give Gladys gone ground hand head heard Hicks hill hour it’s keep kind knew leave Leonard light live looked Lovely Mahailey mind morning mother moved never night officers once play Ralph road rose seemed seen sometimes standing stood stopped suppose sure talk tell things thought told took town train trees trying turned voice wait walked watched Wheeler window woman women wonder young