One of Ours

WillaCather'sPulitzerPrize-winningnarrativeofthemakingofayoungAmericansoldierClaudeWheeler，thesensitive，aspiringprotagonistofthisbeautifullymodulatednovel，resemblestheyoungestsonofapeculiarlyAmericanfairytale.Hisfortuneisready-madeforhim，butherefusestosettleforit.Alienatedfromhiscrassfatherandpiousmother，allbutrejectedbyawifewhoreservesherardorformissionarywork，anddissatisfiedwithfarming，Claudeisanidealistwithoutanidealtoclingto.ItisonlywhenhiscountryenterstheFirstWorldWarthatClaudefindswhathehasbeensearchingforallhislife.InOneofOursWillaCatherexploresthedestinyofagrandchildofthepioneers，ayoungNebraskanwhoseyearningsimpelhimtowardafrontierbloodierandmoredistantthantheonethatvanishedbeforehisbirth.Indoingso，shecreatesacannyandextraordinarilyvitalportraitofanAmericanpsycheatonceskepticalandromantic，restlessandheroic.