Sign-In
Cart
One of Ours: A Novel of War, Identity, and the American Midwest
Hardcover
WesternsGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515435303
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Willa Cather's One of Ours is a novel of personal awakening set against the backdrop of rural American life and the First World War. The story follows Claude Wheeler, a young man dissatisfied with the constraints of his Midwestern upbringing, whose search for meaning leads him from the plains of Nebraska to the battlefields of Europe.
Cather's narrative balances intimate character study with broader historical context, tracing Claude's development as he moves from uncertainty and restlessness toward a sense of purpose shaped by the experience of war. The novel reflects both the dislocation of early twentieth-century American life and the complex emotional responses to the global conflict, rendered in Cather's clear and measured prose.
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1923, One of Ours remains a significant work in American literature, valued for its portrayal of individual aspiration within a moment of historical upheaval. It continues to be widely read in educational settings and by general readers interested in literary fiction and the cultural impact of the First World War.
37 different editions
Also available
Also in
Literary Fiction
Elizabeth Spencer: Novels & Stories (Loa #344): The Voice at the Back Door / The Light in the Piazza / Knights and Dragons / Stories
Spencer, Elizabeth
Hardcover
The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, Volume I: American Tabloid, the Cold Six Thousand; Introduction by Thomas Mallon
Ellroy, James
Hardcover
James Fenimore Cooper: The Leatherstocking Tales Vol. 1 (Loa #26): The Pioneers / The Last of the Mohicans / The Prairie
Cooper, James Fenimore
Hardcover
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Paperback
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts
Plath, Sylvia
Paperback
Philip Roth: Novels 1967-1972 (Loa #158): When She Was Good / Portnoy's Complaint / Our Gang / The Breast
Roth, Philip
Hardcover
The Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, and Mother's Milk
St Aubyn, Edward
Paperback