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This book is very much a painting of life in frontier midwest... the descriptions are gorgeous and somehow make you yearn for the open plains of Nebraska, even though life there in the late 1800s was clearly highly inhospitable. It's a gentle, loving story told by Jim, describing growing up there with his wonderful friend, Antonia, an immigrant who personified this wild, rugged country. I read this one to my daughter, and we really enjoyed discussing it. At nine years old she lists this one as a
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Lovely story of the pioneers of the plains states. I wish that I had read it when I was younger. So much of the flavor given to the midwest by the German, Czech, and Scandanavian immigrants.
There are two things to note about My Antonia: its wonderful descriptions of the landscape and life on the frontier; and its capturing of the emotions of the characters. You might say that Cather captures the interior and exterior landscapes; the physical and emotional terrain. This allows her to create - or perhaps recreate - a full and believable world. This is one of the gifts of great literature: it allows us to see how others might have lived; to imagine the possibilities and contours of li
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