The selected letters of Willa Cather

Cather, Willa 1873-1947 (Author). Jewell, Andrew (Andrew W.) (Added Author). Stout, Janis P. (Added Author).

Summary: A first publication of the acclaimed writer's personal correspondences includes whimsical teenage reports of her 1880s Red Cloud life, letters written during her early journalism years and the 1940s exchanges penned in observation of World War II and her own struggles with aging. -- Publishers Description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307959300 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0307959309 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xxiii, 715 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Formatted Contents Note:	School years: 1888-1896 -- Pittsburgh years: 1896-1906 -- McClure's years: 1906-1912 -- Finding herself as a writer: 1912-1916 -- Becoming well known: 1916-1918 -- Change of publishers and One of Ours: 1919-1922 -- Years of mastery: 1923-1927 -- Years of loss: 1928-1931 -- Troubled time: 1932-1936 -- Years of grieving: 1937-1939 -- Culmination of a career: 1940-1943 -- Final years: 1944-1947.