Willa Cather Living: A Personal Record

by Edith Lewis, John J. Murphy (Introduction)

Overview

Edith Lewis met Willa Cather in 1903 and remained her close friend and traveling companion until Cather's death in 1947. In this straightforward and affectionate biography Lewis illuminates the human side of the great American novelist.

John J. Murphy, a professor of English at Brigham Young University, is the author of My Antonia: The Road Home and the editor of Literature and Belief.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803279964
Publisher:	Nebraska Paperback
Publication date:	11/01/2000
Pages:	248
Sales rank:	838,262
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

John J. Murphy, a professor of English at Brigham Young University, is the author of My Antonia: The Road Home and the editor of Literature and Belief.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
1.	Virginia	3
2.	Red Cloud	16
3.	Lincoln	29
4.	Pittsburgh	41
5.	McClure's	59
6.	Washington Place	74
7.	5 Bank Street	86
8.	My Antonia	103
9.	One of Ours	117
10.	A Lost Lady	124
11.	The Professor's House and Death Comes for the Archbishop	134
12.	Shadows on the Rock	151
13.	Lucy Gayheart and Sapphira and the Slave Girl	168
14.	The Last Years	186

Editorial Reviews

"A pleasant book, affectionately written in a clear, firm hand."—New Yorker

New Yorker

"A singularly lambent and luminous narrative . . . It has more than a touch of the radiance and simplicity that were Miss Cather's own special gifts."—Chicago Sunday Tribune

Chicago Sunday Tribune

"A pleasant book, affectionately written in a clear, firm hand."—New Yorker

New Yorker