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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... chairs about in the Y hut while the singers who came to entertain them were on the plat- form. “And in this country, too, the Home of Politeness! Some yaps have no pride,” he wrote bitterly. I can say for the boys from our town that ...
... chairs about in the Y hut while the singers who came to entertain them were on the plat- form. “And in this country, too, the Home of Politeness! Some yaps have no pride,” he wrote bitterly. I can say for the boys from our town that ...
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... chairs , and Mahailey was bak- ing griddle cakes at the stove . A moment later Mr. Wheeler came down the enclosed stairway and walked the length of the table to his own place . He was a very large man , taller and broader than any of ...
... chairs , and Mahailey was bak- ing griddle cakes at the stove . A moment later Mr. Wheeler came down the enclosed stairway and walked the length of the table to his own place . He was a very large man , taller and broader than any of ...
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... chair to return a plough cat- alogue to the shelf. “What would he be in here for? Better look for him in the saloon.” Nobody could put meaner insinuations into a slow, dry remark than Bayliss. Claude's cheeks flamed with anger. As he ...
... chair to return a plough cat- alogue to the shelf. “What would he be in here for? Better look for him in the saloon.” Nobody could put meaner insinuations into a slow, dry remark than Bayliss. Claude's cheeks flamed with anger. As he ...
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... chairs, and they were all talking at once. On one of the couches a young man in a smoking jacket lay reading as com- posedly as if he were alone. “Five of these are my brothers,” said his host, “and the rest are friends.” The company ...
... chairs, and they were all talking at once. On one of the couches a young man in a smoking jacket lay reading as com- posedly as if he were alone. “Five of these are my brothers,” said his host, “and the rest are friends.” The company ...
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... chairs , the secretary book - case , the spotty engraving with all the scenes from Pilgrim's Progress that hung over ... chair and began to tell Mrs. Wheeler about the Erlich boys and their mother . She listened , but he could see that ...
... chairs , the secretary book - case , the spotty engraving with all the scenes from Pilgrim's Progress that hung over ... chair and began to tell Mrs. Wheeler about the Erlich boys and their mother . She listened , but he could see that ...
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