One of OursStandard Ebooks Claude Wheeler is the son of a successful Nebraskan farmer and a very devout mother. He’s sent to a private religious college because his mother feels it’s safer, but he yearns for State college where he might be able expand his knowledge of the real world. Claude doesn’t feel comfortable in any situation, and almost every step he takes is a wrong one. While he’s struggling to find his way in a questionable marriage, the U.S. decides to enter World War I, and Claude enlists. He’s commissioned as a lieutenant, and he and his outfit are deployed to France in the waning months of the war. There Claude finds the purpose he’s been missing his whole life. One of Ours is Cather’s first novel following the completion of her Prairie Trilogy, which she finished before the U.S. had entered the war. Cather’s cousin Grosvenor had grown up on the farm next to hers, had many of the traits she gave to Claude, and, like her protagonist, went with the Army to France towards the end of the war. After the war was over, she felt compelled to write something different than the novels she had become known for, saying that this one “stood between me and anything else.” Although today it’s not considered her best work, the novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1923. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks. |
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... David Gerhardt . Claude had been ashamed of Tod Fanning , who was always showing himself a saphead , and who would never have got a commission if his uncle hadn't been a Congressman . But the moment he met Lieutenant Gerhardt's eye ...
... David by his first name , pronouncing it the French way , and when Claude said he hoped she would do as much for him ... David asked . " Well , it's a sissy name , if you mean that . " " Yes , it is , a little , ” David admitted candidly ...
... David remarked dryly . " So sensitive to any criticism of this war ! Why , it's not your affair ; you've only just arrived . " " I know , " Claude replied meekly , as he began to fold his blankets . " But it's likely the only one I'll ...
... David particularly detested Captain Owens of the Engineers , and wondered that he could go on working with such concentration , when snatches of the Captain's lecture kept breaking through the confusion of casual talk and the noise of ...
... David good - naturedly . “ She will find them in the catalogue , with my picture in uniform alongside . I had a lot made before I went out to Camp Dix . My own mother gets a little income from them . Here we are , at home . ” As he ...