The document discusses Willa Cather's life and career, focusing on her book 'O Pioneers!' which was published in 1913. It includes references to her education at the University of Nebraska, her inspirations, and notable moments from her life. Additionally, it highlights her dedication to writer Sarah Orne Jewett and features various locations significant to her biography.

1. O Pioneers!
WILLA CATHER’S SECOND “FIRST NOVEL”
Andrew Jewell
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2. Willa Cather, 1882
shortly before moving to Nebraska

3. Willa Cather, about age 16

4. Mary Miner, Willa Cather, and Douglass Cather

5. Willa Cather as a student at the University of Nebraska, about 1

6. University of Nebraska campus and downtown Lincoln
in the late 19th century

7. Willa Cather in
1895, when she
graduated from the
University of

8. Willa Cather
Pittsburgh, 1890s

9. Willa Cather
June 1902

10. Willa Cather
Pittsburgh, early 1900s

11. Willa Cather
New York, about 1910

13. First edition of O Pioneers!, 1913

15. Sarah Orne Jewett
Dedication in O Pioneers! to the writer Sarah
Orne Jewett

16. The Selected Letters of
Willa Cather
Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout
Edited by
K N O P F

17. Janis Stout

20. Willa Cather
New Mexico, 1915

21. Willa Cather when she
was writing My Ántonia
New Hampshire, 1917

22. Willa Cather
Jaffrey, New Hampshire, 1920s

23. Willa Cather
December 7, 1936