One of Ours, Willa Cather
One of Ours, Willa Cather
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One of Ours

Author: Willa Cather

Narrator: Joel Richards

Unabridged: 13 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/02/2022

Synopsis

A Nebraska native, Claude Wheeler wants to attend the State University but instead lives a typical college life as a Temple College student. However, when his successful father decides to expand the family farm, Claude's reality is changed forever as he's forced to drop out to help realize his father's dream. Later, as war wages on in Europe, he enlists, hoping to escape his dreary fate and find purpose.

About Willa Cather

Willa Siebert Cather (1873-1947) was an American author and Pulitzer Prize winner. She was noted for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I.

About Joel Richards

Joel Richards is a storyteller of both stage and page. He holds an MA in Storytelling, a BFA in Acting, and a BA in English. He has acted Off-Broadway as well as regionally around the US. He has narrated dozens of audiobooks as well as hundreds of e-learning and shorter nonfiction works. So far, his voice has helped plant trees, expand airports, teach yoga, and even prank call himself.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jaline

This novel is fascinating for many reasons. Published in 1922, Willa Cather won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923 – and it was well-deserved. One of the fascinations for me is that people are people are people. Although there was a gentler and more polite tone within and between people, they still had the s......more

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