My Antonia (Scholarly Edition)

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2003. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. Benda, W.T. First paperback printing of Scholarly Edition. Minimal wear to corners. 2003 Trade Paperback. xiii, 543 pp. Edited by Charles Mignon and Kari A. Ronning, with a historical essay by James Woodress, explanatory notes by James Woodress with the assistance of Kari A. Ronning, Kathleen Danker, and Emily Levine. Illustrated by W.T. Benda. Hailed by reviewers and readers for its originality, vitality, and truth, My Antonia secured Willa Cather's place in the first rank of American writers. Cather drew deeply on her childhood days in frontier Nebraska for her fourth novel, published in 1918. Antonia Shimerda is memorable as the warm-hearted daughter of Bohemians who must adapt to a hard life on the desolate prairie. She survives and matures, a pioneer woman made radiant by spirit.