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The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson, Pulitzer Winner of 1924

December 31st, 2012 at 9:50pm |

The Able Mclaughlins is a story about several families of devoutly religious Scottish immigrants on the lonely Iowa prairie just after the civil war. Young Wully McLaughlin returns from the war ready to marry his sweetheart Chirstie McNair when he finds out that she has been “shamed” by Wully’s cousin Peter. In other words, she […]

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One of Ours by Willa Cather – Pulitzer Winner of 1923

December 9th, 2012 at 6:45pm |

One of Ours was an interesting step into the mind of a Nebraska country boy. Claude Wheeler grows up on a successful farm near Frankfort in the beginning of the 20th century and attends college in a larger town. Claude likes working on the farm but does not see himself as belonging there for the […]

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