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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... voice was smooth and agreeable. “You boys better start in early, though. You can take the wagon and the mules, and load in the cowhides. The butcher has agreed to take them.” Claude put down his knife. “Can't we have the car? I've ...
... voice was smooth and agreeable. “You boys better start in early, though. You can take the wagon and the mules, and load in the cowhides. The butcher has agreed to take them.” Claude put down his knife. “Can't we have the car? I've ...
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... voice, robust but never loud. Even when he was hilariously delighted by anything,—as when poor Mahailey, undressing in the dark on a summer night, sat down on the sticky fly-paper,—he was not boisterous. He was a jolly, easy-going ...
... voice, robust but never loud. Even when he was hilariously delighted by anything,—as when poor Mahailey, undressing in the dark on a summer night, sat down on the sticky fly-paper,—he was not boisterous. He was a jolly, easy-going ...
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... voice, just as if he could understand her, “Why, you're only a little boy after all, aren't you?” Ernest said afterwards that it was his first welcome to this country, though he had travelled so far, and had been pushed and hauled and ...
... voice, just as if he could understand her, “Why, you're only a little boy after all, aren't you?” Ernest said afterwards that it was his first welcome to this country, though he had travelled so far, and had been pushed and hauled and ...
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... voice. “I think the fair thing for you to do is to get out here by the road and give me a chance.” Leonard swung his steering wheel savagely to pass a wagon on the down side of the hill. “What the devil are you talking about, boy?” “You ...
... voice. “I think the fair thing for you to do is to get out here by the road and give me a chance.” Leonard swung his steering wheel savagely to pass a wagon on the down side of the hill. “What the devil are you talking about, boy?” “You ...
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... voice, in spite of all he could do, was weak and angry. Young Leonard Dawson saw he had hurt the boy's feelings. “Lord, Claude, I know you're a fighter. Bayliss never was. Iwent to school with him.” The ride ended amicably, but Claude ...
... voice, in spite of all he could do, was weak and angry. Young Leonard Dawson saw he had hurt the boy's feelings. “Lord, Claude, I know you're a fighter. Bayliss never was. Iwent to school with him.” The ride ended amicably, but Claude ...
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