 First edition | |
| Author | Willa Cather |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical Fiction |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | 1922 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 459 |
| OCLC | 280665 |
| 813/.52 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3505.A87 O5 2006 |
| Text | One of Ours at Wikisource |
One of Ours is a 1922 novel by Willa Cather that won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It tells the story of the life of Claude Wheeler, a Nebraska native in the first decades of the 20th century. The son of a successful farmer and an intensely pious mother, he is guaranteed a comfortable livelihood. Nevertheless, Wheeler views himself as a victim of his father's success and his own inexplicable malaise.