Alexander's Bridge, (1912). By: Willa Cather: Willa Sibert Cather ( December 7, 1873 - April 24, 1947) was an American writer . In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours (1922), a novel set during World War I.

Alexander's Bridge is the first novel by American author Willa Cather. First published in 1912, it was re-released with an author's preface in 1922. It also ran as a serial in McClure's, giving Cather some free time from her work for that magazine. Plot summary[edit] Professor Wilson arrives at the Alexanders' house in Boston, Bartley Alexander having persuaded him to attend a Congress of Psychologists in the city. He is greeted by Winifred Alexander. When her husband comes home the men tal...