num_pages: 232
description: "The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman," writes Willa Cather. The country is America; the woman is Alexandra Bergson, a fiercely independent young Swedish immigrant who inherits her father’s Nebraska farm. With strength, courage, and determination, Alexandra transforms her father’s patch of prairie into a highly profitable business. A gripping saga of love, murder, greed, failure, and triumph, O Pioneers! vividly portrays the hardships of prairie life. Above all, it champions the belief that hard work is the surest road to personal fulfillment. Described in The New York Times as “American in the best sense of the word,” O Pioneers! celebrates the men and women who struggled to build a nation. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.
language: English
title: O Pioneers!
titlecomplete: O Pioneers!
characters: Evesham Giyt, Alexandra Bergson
genres: 20th Century, American, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, Westerns, Fiction
ratings_count: 52300
places: Nebraska
awards: awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: One Book One Nebraska
publisher: Waking Lion Press