My Antonia evokes the Nebraska prairie life of Willa Cather\'s childhood, and commemorates the spirit and courage of immigrant pioneers in America.
Working in the fields.
Her story is told through the eyes of Jim Burden, a neighbor who will befriend Antonia, teach her English, and follow the remarkable story of her life.
One of Cather\'s earliest novels, written in 1918, it is the story of Antonia Shimerda, who arrives on the Nebraska frontier as part of a family of Bohemian emigrants.
My Antonia evokes the Nebraska prairie life of Willa Cather\'s childhood, and commemorates the spirit and courage of immigrant pioneers in America