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In this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from 1923, Willa Cather's masterful prose describes farm life in Nebraska at the turn of the 20th century. Claude Wheeler, a student at a Christian college, is introduced to new thoughts and ideas through his friendship with a free-thinking family but is forced to leave school in order to help operate his own family's farm. As Claude tries to navigate the traditional path that his parents want him to follow--toward a farm career and a family--he feels unfulfilled. When the United States announces its entrance into World War I, Claude enlists in search of a new purpose in life, taking this American frontier novel across the Atlantic Ocean in a precarious direction. "En esta novela de 1923, ganadora del Premio Pulitzer, la prosa maestra de Willa Cather describe la vida granjera en Nebraska a la vuelta del siglo XX. Claude Wheeler, un estudiante de una universidad cristiana, esta introducido a nuevos pensamientos e ideas a traves de una familia liberal pero tiene que abandonar sus estudios para ayudar con las operaciones de la granja de su propia familia. Mientras Claude intenta navegar el camino tradicional que sus padres quieren que siga--hacia una carrera granjera y una familia--no se siente realizado. Cuando los Estados Unidos anuncian su entrada en la Primera Guerra Mundial, Claude se alista en busca de un nuevo proposito en la vida, tomando esta novela fronteriza americana a traves del oceano Atlantico en una direccion precaria."