Willa Cather: A Biography

by Milton Meltzer

Willa Cather's childhood in post-Civil War Virginia, her adolescence on the Nebraska prairies, her love of the Southwest, and her intimate knowledge of opera and the theater provided her with the characters and setting for a dozen novels and numerous short stories. Cather's story is one of a woman who carefully guarderd her privacy while expressing her feelings and attitudes through the characters she created.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082257604X
• ISBN13: 9780822576044
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12