<p>&#8220;No romantic novel ever written in America . . . is one half so beautiful as <i>My Ántonia</i>.&#8221;<br>&#8212;H. L. Mencken<br><br>Widely recognized as Willa Cather&#8217;s greatest novel, <i>My Ántonia</i> is a soulful and rich portrait of a pioneer woman&#8217;s simple yet heroic life. The spirited daughter of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia must adapt to a hard existence on the desolate prairies of the Midwest. Enduring childhood poverty, teenage seduction, and family tragedy, she eventually becomes a wife and mother on a Nebraska farm. A fictional record of how women helped forge the communities that formed a nation, <i>My Ántonia</i> is also a hauntingly eloquent celebration of the strength, courage, and spirit of America&#8217;s early pioneers. Willa Cather http://lakenet.llcoop.org/search/X?Book+Club+in+a+Bag+My+Antonia+Cather 112 2007-12-06T15:48:29-05:00 The reminiscences of a New York lawyer, Jim Burden, about his boyhood in Nebraska, particularly a young Bohemian girl named Ántonia Shimerda, are set against the backdrop of the American assimilation immigrants.<br><a target="_blank" onClick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/pdf/BookClubBag/MyAntonia'); " href="http://www.kdl.org/kdl/pdf/BookClubBag/MyAntonia.pdf">Download a discussion guide for this book</a> 1510 1593082029