Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xxiii, 715 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Note |
"This is a Borzoi book" -- T.p. verso. |
Contents |
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. |
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. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [677]-696) and index. |
Subject |
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 -- Correspondence.
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Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
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Added Author |
Jewell, Andrew (Andrew W.)
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Stout, Janis P.
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ISBN |
9780307959300 hardcover |
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0307959309 hardcover |
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