O Pioneers!

O Pioneers! is a historical classic written by Willa Cather and first published in 1913. "The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman," writes Willa Cather in O Pioneers! The country is America, the woman is Alexandra Bergson, a fiercely independent young Swedish immigrant girl who inherits her father’s farm in Nebraska. A model of emotional strength, courage, and resolve, Alexandra fights long and hard to transform her father’s patch of raw, wind-blasted 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.