num_pages: 352
description: In Willa Cather's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, we meet Claude Wheeler, a young Nebraskan yearning to escape the life that has been preordained for him. Claude is dissatisfied with farming, alienated from his parents, distant from his wife, and searching for something to believe in. When the country enters the First World War, he finally discovers what he's been looking for. Away from home for the first time, Claude finds the course of his life irrevocably altered by newfound friendships and experiences on distant battlefields.One of Ours continues to be a celebratory tribute — and a grief-stricken remembrance — of World War I. It is at once a courageous and poignant story of American ideals, an extraordinary character sketch, and a disquieting look at the making of an American soldier.
language: English
title: One of Ours
titlecomplete: One of Ours (Dover Value Editions)
genres: American, Historical Fiction, Historical, World War I, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, War, Fiction
ratings_count: 8561
awards: awardedAt: -1483200000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Novel
publisher: Dover