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A Minha Antónia
My Antonia, first published 1918, is one of Willa Cather's greatest works. It is the last novel in the Prairie trilogy, preceded by O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark.My Antonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America, with a particular focus on a Bohemian family, the Shimerdas, whose eldest daughter is named Antonia. The…
Temas em comum: Women immigrants, Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, History
O Espírito da Fronteira
Wikipedia: Spirit of the Border is an historical novel written by Zane Grey, first published in 1906. The novel is based on events occurring in the Ohio River Valley in the late eighteenth century. It features the exploits of Lewis Wetzel, a historical personage who had dedicated his life to the destruction of Native Americans and to the protection of nascent white settlements in that region.…
Temas em comum: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Classic Literature, History
Betty Zane
I found this book one of Mr. Grey's finer writings, perhaps due to his emotional and familial attachment to the subject. The feel of the time is very real and still written with contemporary digestability. Not to be overlooked by fans of Zane Grey or historical novels.
From Wikipedia: Elizabeth "Betty" Zane McLaughlin Clark (July 19, 1759 – August 23, 1823) was an alleged heroine of the…
Temas em comum: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Historical Fiction, Classic Literature
Matos do Canadá
The toils, troubles, and satisfactions of pioneer life are recorded with charm and vivacity on The Backwoods of Canada, by Catherine Parr Traill, who, like her sister Susanna Moodie, left the comforts of genteel English society for the rigours of a new, young land. Traill offers a vivid and honest account of her trip to North America and of her first two and a helf years living in the bush…
Temas em comum: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, History