Willa Cather: Author and Critic (Great Life Stories-Writers and Poets) - Hardcover

Ling, Bettina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0531123162 ISBN 13: 9780531123164

Publisher: Franklin Watts, 2003

Synopsis

Traces the life of Willa Cather, from her childhood in Virginia through her careers as journalist, editor, and high-school teacher, and examines the influence of her travels and relationships on her writing.

About this title

About the Author:

Bettina Ling has been a writer, editor, and author of educational material for children for more than seventeen years. She has written more than sixteen books for children and young adults, including biographies on Aung San Suu Kyi and Jose Cansesco. For Scholastic Library Publishing, Ms. Ling has written Wisconsin and Indiana.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 6-9-A respectfully written, slim biography that discusses the writer's life from her birth in 1873 to her death in 1947. Background information about the events and people who inspired Cather's novels is clearly presented, as is her search for spirituality in the later part of her life. Sidebars give additional information about social and political issues during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Archival photographs in sepia tones lend warmth to the text. A thorough index, a two-page time line, and selected lists of works by and about the author and Web sites conclude the book. While Ann T. Keene's Willa Cather (Messner, 1994; o.p.) is more challenging, Ling's title offers those new to Cather's work some detail and depth.
Kathryn Kosiorek, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Brooklyn, OH
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About this edition

• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0531123162
• ISBN 13: 9780531123164
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 112