Historical Fiction · MelancholicA restless Nebraska farm son finds purpose in World War I
One of Ours
by Willa Cather
A Nebraska farm son goes to the war in France
One of Ours begins in Nebraska and moves to France during World War I. Claude Wheeler, a farm son, feels restless and purposeless despite a secure livelihood and a troubled marriage. He finds a sense of purpose by enlisting in the U.S. Army.
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Who
Claude Wheeler; Enid Royce, his wife; David Gerhardt, his wartime friend, a violinist; and the Erlich family, whom Claude befriends at college.
World
Nebraska, then France during World War I.
What makes it different
It won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. Cather based Claude partly on her cousin Grosvenor P. Cather, who was killed in action in France in 1918.
Feel
Plainspoken and elegiac.
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Behind the book
Cather based Claude partly on her cousin Grosvenor P. Cather, who was killed in action in France in 1918.
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Further reading
- One of OursWikipedia