One of Ours (1922). By: Willa Cather: One of Ours is a novel by Willa Cather that won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel.

One of Ours is a novel by Willa Cather that won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It tells the story of the life of Claude Wheeler, a Nebraska native around the turn of the 20th century. The son of a successful farmer and an intensely pious mother, he is guaranteed a comfortable livelihood. Nevertheless, Wheeler views himself as a victim of his father's success and his own inexplicable malaise. Plot[edit] While attending Temple College, Claude tried to convince his parents that attendi...